functional
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Junior hires take several months to learn the product deeply and then join their functional teams.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
The functional ethos was always part of Quiksilver too.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
The authors think this “law of increasing functional information” should sit alongside the second law of thermodynamics as a fundamental principle of nature.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Using single-cell transcriptomics and functional testing, the team found that blocking this excessive lysosomal activity with a vacuolar ATPase inhibitor restored lysosomal health and improved the function of aging blood stem cells.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
As I recall, we barely managed to get a test tube of water out of it—but I’ll bet Kelton could make a functional one.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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