functional
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“If you do that with a humanoid, it can fall over and crush you,” said Michele Silva of the functional safety engineering firm Reynolds & Moore.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026
But cognitive capacity is essential to governance — and updates on functional capacity are a legitimate part of democratic transparency.
From Salon • Jul. 2, 2026
“Notably, no one suggests ‘that these elections were not functional or that they were marred by corruption’.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
“I’m generally very cautious about starting a GLP-1 in my older adult patients who have functional impairments, like needing a walker to ambulate or needing assistance with transferring from a bed to a chair.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
“If you want to be in a really functional room,” I began with false heartiness, “you ought to spend your time in the bathroom then.”
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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