functioned

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He said these forests were dominated by oak, hazel, elm, birch and pine but would have functioned as what we now recognise as a temperate rainforest in the wetter west.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Instead, Gallrein simply functioned as an anthropomorphized biography.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

Operated by Gulftainer—which also runs a cargo terminal at Port Canaveral in Florida—Khor Fakkan had long functioned primarily as a transshipment hub.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The researchers placed the cells in the anterior chamber of the eye, allowing them to observe how the cells developed and functioned over time.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

The Americas, despite their large aggregate area, were fragmented by geography and ecology and functioned effectively as several poorly connected smaller continents.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond