functioned
Example Sentences
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These crater lakes may have functioned as localized "oxygen oases" before oxygen became widespread across the planet.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Instead, Gallrein simply functioned as an anthropomorphized biography.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
What once functioned as supplemental classroom software has effectively become critical educational infrastructure.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
Called High Performance, it would become one of a handful of magazines in Los Angeles at the time that documented ephemeral art and functioned as an alternative space for performance artists.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Yossarian shook his head and explained that deja vu was just a momentary infinitesimal lag in the operation of two coactive sensory nerve centers that commonly functioned simultaneously.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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