functional
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“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
At the end of another tumultuous day in Westminster it looks all but certain that it will now fall to him to fit all of this together into a cohesive government and functional political project.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
Some of these variants continue to play functional roles in the human body.
From Science Daily • Jun. 14, 2026
“Over the years military planners have arrived at a rule of thumb which dictates that functional fighting units cannot be substantially larger than 200 men,” Dunbar writes.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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