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All because of a polite email, and all because he didn’t know about the bcc function.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

That certainly won’t have any negative impact on our brain function and attention spans.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

The Northern Ireland secretary said on Tuesday that it was "really important that the Parade's Commission carries the respect of all communities in Northern Ireland, otherwise it simply can't function".

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Starling gave the technology an opportunity to be tested under real conditions in orbit, demonstrating how advanced flight software can allow satellites to function as increasingly autonomous navigators.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

Nearly everyone in the train car was a ghost, and their apparent lack of interest in Boaz seemed to be more a function of the fact that they thought he could not see them.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Below the surface of the water, species such as green-brown bladderwrack seaweed provide vital functions for other wildlife.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Most of the time, that arrangement functions well enough that we hardly think about it.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

“This result demonstrates that the legal system is not as easily manipulated as social media, and still functions as a force for accountability.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

"They may adopt different functions based on certain cues in the microenvironment and in the tissue, and differentiate into a certain kind of sub-population," Sunwoo said.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Indeed, the stigma of criminality functions in much the same way that the stigma of race once did.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The reassignment is part of broader organizational changes that have the effect of making DeepMind—which Google acquired in 2014 and has functioned as a semiautonomous operation—more tightly integrated with the rest of the company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Although companies describe them as decision-support tools, she said they often functioned as "automated decision-making systems".

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Rather than serving as a heavy hammer, it functioned as a softer striking tool used to repair and sharpen stone handaxes and other cutting implements after their edges became worn.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 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

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

They noted higher rates of anxiety, depression and executive functioning challenges compared to non-autistic peers in both boys and girls throughout childhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The inquest had heard that an engineer sent by Newham Council in December 2023 to carry out an inspection and look at overhauling the windows and handles, found they were functioning when he saw them.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

In its guidance, the education ministry allows exemptions from the ban for "educational uses" or for purposes "necessary for the proper functioning of the school".

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

"But when we deleted it from neurons, the cells became larger and started functioning normally again."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

Next to that is the coat room, which contains a barely functioning microwave oven and a refrigerator that won’t stay closed.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover