functioned
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Some also said her engagement party last fall functioned more as a commercial endeavor than a personal celebration, citing in part the affiliate links she posted beforehand for suggested guest attire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
At first, the account functioned like a group chat for local surfers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
And while some safety systems were absent, he said the gas detectors apparently functioned as they should do, triggering an automatic shut down of the fuel supply.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Rather than serving as "an impartial chronographic work," the researchers suggest it may instead have functioned as "a legitimizing canon of kings, which was periodically updated to remove short-lived or parallel Neo-Assyrian rulers."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Pickett estate wasn’t in a nice neighborhood, exactly, but it was so gigantic that it functioned as a neighborhood unto itself.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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