function
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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
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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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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