functioned
Example Sentences
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At first, the account functioned like a group chat for local surfers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
The reassignment is part of broader organizational changes that have the effect of making DeepMind—which Google acquired in 2014 and has functioned as a semiautonomous operation—more tightly integrated with the rest of the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Credit markets have functioned smoothly, heavy supply has been absorbed and the main AI issuers still are “elite corporations with incredible balance sheets.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Although companies describe them as decision-support tools, she said they often functioned as "automated decision-making systems".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Even if in New Orleans this machinery was sometimes slow, or poorly engineered, generally it functioned.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
