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[fuhngk-shuhn] / ˈfʌŋk ʃən /




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Major guidelines continue to focus primarily on symptoms, valve structure, leak severity, heart function, and imaging findings.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

Electrolytes are electrically charged minerals like sodium, potassium and magnesium that are important for muscle function and hydration balance, and they’re found in many different kinds of food.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

"It's very hard to function during the day, because there is strong emotional pressure throughout the night," she added.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

Some are weighing whether they can continue to function or whether they should be absorbed by the surrounding county.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

The word was created to mark a function; it was an abstraction.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Max has been compared to China's WeChat, combining social media and messaging functions with access to government services, a digital ID card system, banking and payments.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

Blume said Monday that the company had a 20% cost disadvantage to its peers in the administration, infrastructure and other functions that support its core operations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Such a strategy might block harmful fibrotic signaling without broadly interfering with serotonin's many essential functions elsewhere in the body.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

Its closest resemblance is to Wain’s 2014 romantic comedy parody, “They Came Together,” which, despite having no shortage of memorable one-liners, functions best as a whole.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

Students of neurology or psychology study his case because it illustrates how the lobes of the frontal cortex—the two halves of your brain that meet in your forehead—are the seat of "executive functions."

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Our vertebral column has evolved little from our four-legged, quadrupedal tree-dwelling ancestors, where it functioned primarily as a flexible beam for smooth movement from branch to branch, while also protecting the spinal cord.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 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

They were also building out an empire, and that empire functioned by top-down tyrannical rule.

From Slate Jul. 3, 2026

As the only U.S. posting in the Middle East where families could live, the base functioned like a small American city, with a softball field, restaurants, a naval exchange and a school.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Running system agent software was a little like having a virtual personal assistant—one that also functioned as a voice-activated interface with your computer.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The goal was to require video game publishers to keep games playable or at least in a reasonably functioning state even after the company had moved on.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

What remains that haven’t been scavenged have decomposed to the point where DNA analysis is difficult and all but useless in Gaza, where there are no functioning laboratories able to test and compare samples.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

It influences everything from the enzymes that keep your cells functioning to the reactions that occur inside batteries.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

The situation led to his decision to stop taking medication that was needed to ensure the continued functioning of a transplanted kidney his brother had donated to him.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

It was smaller than the Kidwells’, and, moreover, he shared it with a wife, three active children, and a perpetually functioning television set.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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