functioned

Example Sentences

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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

Rather than pursuing revolution, they largely functioned as parliamentary parties centred on welfare, labour rights and redistribution.

From BBC • May 26, 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

I was thirty- six then and had been with Dennis nearly sixteen years and I’d never functioned without him.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride