functioning
Example Sentences
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It has become an entry point for young Americans seeking quick dopamine, packaged as entertainment but functioning as a behavioral trap.
Earlier research proposed that this land bridge stopped functioning as a migration route around 56 million years ago.
From Science Daily
Rather than functioning as the heart of how businesses operate, it shifts into becoming a source of corporate data.
The “Criminal Minds” star also underwent multiple spinal surgeries to manage cauda equina syndrome, a rare condition in which nerve bundles in the lumbar or sacral spine are compressed or not functioning properly.
From Los Angeles Times
“They’ve undermined the functioning of the courthouse by behaving that way,” she added.
From Los Angeles Times
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