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[fuhngk-shuhn] / ˈfʌŋk ʃən /




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The expansion proposal promises to create "a world-class studio blending function and desirability"

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

The researchers also reported that the new system could perform the same memory function as comparable technologies while consuming only one-tenth as much power.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

Galperin said she has seen how creators of stalkerware have resisted changing their product function in favor of rewriting ad copy to say their software is meant for parents, employees or “building trust in relationships.”

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

In January 2025, a settlement was announced with the National Park Service laying out how the park would function going forward.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Gene, protein, function, and fate were strung in a chain: one chemical alteration in one base pair in DNA was sufficient to “encode” a radical change in human fate.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

He functions as a deep-lying conductor and would complement summer signing Elliot Anderson, who is comfortable as a box-to-box midfielder as well as the number six role he plays for England.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

You typically want to see those functions separated.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Google has indeed been successful in supercharging search functions with AI.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

"This means that although the body may have the vitamin stored in fat, it isn't freely available in the blood to perform vital functions in other organs and systems," he says.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

In part, that was because the Mutual, operating in the vacuum of the segregated and underdeveloped South, quickly assumed a range of functions and responsibilities far beyond those of a mere insurance company.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

It was also uncertain whether rapamycin worked by gradually repairing brain structure or by producing faster changes in how brain circuits functioned.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

Married to the legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee until his death in 2014, Quinn has functioned, at least since the 1980s, as the self-appointed spokeswoman of the nation’s permanent political establishment.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

In another lawsuit, he claimed an arcade rigged its claw machines against players, alleging it functioned as “a casino for children.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The conflict has functioned as an accelerated stress test, compressing years of operational learning into months and validating or refuting assumptions about real-world system performance.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

He was a real swimmer, understood everything about the movements of arms and legs and breathing, understood how a body functioned while it was in the water.

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz

He taped the unfeeling fingers to the functioning ones so that he could grip a baseball, then, resembling “a little boy throwing against the steps of his back porch,” threw against a wall.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

The results show that dormant viruses can reactivate frequently in people who appear to have functioning immune systems during severe illness, particularly when systemic inflammation is elevated.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

A squark can signal when the system is switched on, is functioning properly, but it can also carry location information.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

It needs “a functioning economy. You need to have laws and rules and regulations in place so that investors from America and around the world can go in and safely invest and create prosperity.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

The evolution of a city is like the evolution of the brain: it develops from a small center and slowly grows and changes, leaving many old parts still functioning.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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