functioned

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If confirmed, the evidence could indicate that Cave 338 functioned as a surprisingly early high-altitude mining camp.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

The Lakers functioned as a family business for more than 45 years under the ownership of the late Jerry Buss and his children.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

He said these forests were dominated by oak, hazel, elm, birch and pine but would have functioned as what we now recognise as a temperate rainforest in the wetter west.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Instead, Gallrein simply functioned as an anthropomorphized biography.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

The combination of government and religion has thus functioned, together with germs, writing, and technology, as one of the four main sets of proximate agents leading to history’s broadest pattern.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond