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functioning

adjective as in active

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noun as in operation

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Venezuela is an economic basket case with a smaller population than Texas and virtually no functioning civil society.

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Other workplace issues frame the union fight ahead, such as a properly functioning air conditioning system coming off the heels of a sweltering summer when people crowded the store to peruse its products.

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Their power to keep a country functioning, he stresses, relies on the cooperation and obedience of those they govern.

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Quality of play, results, recruitment, relationship with supporters - nothing is functioning.

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The school, now functioning in a limited capacity, is still awaiting its license to operate full-time.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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