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function

[fuhngk-shuhn] / ˈfʌŋk ʃən /




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At another point, the team realized the frame failed in a key function: keeping water out.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

In addition to physical performance, creatine may also support certain aspects of brain function.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

One of the employees said they had been diagnosed with occupational asthma and occupational rhinitis and their lung function had declined by a third.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

He said for example that the Ramstein Air Base had "an irreplaceable function for the United States and for us alike."

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

He knew the government did not really function like the neat little charts in some middle-school civics textbook.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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