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
These crater lakes may have functioned as localized "oxygen oases" before oxygen became widespread across the planet.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
I barely understood it — to me, it functioned like a random madness machine.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Instead, Gallrein simply functioned as an anthropomorphized biography.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
His mind functioned without flaw, trying to calculate his surroundings and predicament.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
