functioned

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If confirmed, the evidence could indicate that Cave 338 functioned as a surprisingly early high-altitude mining camp.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

For generations, the cream-coloured clubhouse located on Safdarjung Road has functioned as a discreet world of retired generals, senior bureaucrats and old business families conducting negotiations over whisky sodas and kebabs.

From BBC • May 25, 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

The new science was thus dependent on a few key technologies which functioned, to use Elizabeth Eisenstein’s phrase, as ‘agents of change’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton