functioning as

Example Sentences

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“This area acted as support earlier in the year before eventually giving way, and recent price action suggests it is now functioning as resistance,” the analyst adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

Zhu believes workplaces are steadily moving toward an AI native future where AI systems are fully woven into daily tasks and processes rather than functioning as separate tools.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

The other bonus tracks are more reflective, essentially functioning as a post-mortem on her love life.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Even the distributor behind this very sequel, 20th Century Studios, was bought, chopped up and consolidated, now functioning as one of Disney’s many appendages.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

Toni Morrison’s isn’t functioning as a modifier, which shades the meaning of genius, but as a determiner, which pins down its referent, in the same way that an article like the or this would do.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker