functioning

Example Sentences

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But it’s an honor to be a part of this and to be alive and to be functioning and remembering, and it’s a moment of history.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

Pointing out that the armed forces were sorting clothes, medicine and food, Rodríguez said "everything is functioning as well as possible during these terrible moments, these terrible hours, that our people are enduring".

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

He said that Russian Kinzhal ballistic missiles have flown within a 12-mile radius over the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant 21 times, while the same happened over the functioning Khmelnytskiy nuclear power plant 15 times.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Most of the breaks were repaired within 24 hours, and the neurons continued functioning normally.

From Science Daily • Jun. 21, 2026

I imagined them just shutting off like factory machines at the end of a shift: functioning, purposeful, and then just out.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline