functioned

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For generations, the cream-coloured clubhouse located on Safdarjung Road has functioned as a discreet world of retired generals, senior bureaucrats and old business families conducting negotiations over whisky sodas and kebabs.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The change marks a shift in how the immigration system has functioned for decades, and will affect immigrants in the country illegally as well as foreign professionals sponsored by U.S. companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

These crater lakes may have functioned as localized "oxygen oases" before oxygen became widespread across the planet.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

I barely understood it — to me, it functioned like a random madness machine.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

It was ironic that given his communication difficulties, Donald functioned as a human telegraph, relaying messages up and down the coast.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead