functioned

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Alibaba and BYD were among companies that functioned as a military-civil contributor to Chinese defence operations, according to the list.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The 26 hatched chicks were grown from fertilized tissue transferred from hen’s eggs into the new container, which functioned essentially as an incubator.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Instead, Gallrein simply functioned as an anthropomorphized biography.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

For St. Louis, the exposition functioned as an exercise in city-building and the carving out of civic spaces, including architect Cass Gilbert’s Palace of Fine Arts, which was renamed the St. Louis Art Museum.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

WjJljZfL Come rain, come shine, come whatever, Bernabe Montoya had eyes that functioned just about like everybody else’s eyes in Milagro: they popped open, wide awake, each morning at 5:00 A.M.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols