function
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Moscow’s subway was built to function as a bomb shelter.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Chronic kidney disease has become one of the world's most widespread and deadly health problems, with record numbers of people now estimated to have reduced kidney function.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
However, now with AI changing every industry and every function, there are novel situations: No one has done enterprisewide AI transformation for a big bank until two years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
On the day the Palisades fire broke out, Bass was more than 7,000 miles away, appearing at a diplomatic function in Ghana.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
But if a mutation disrupts the function of an enzyme, then the normal gene must specify the information to make the normal enzyme.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing function
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 6
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 4
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