functioning

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Cells with extra DNA may stop functioning normally, become inactive, die, change into other cell types, accumulate age related damage, or contribute to diseases including cancer.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Probably because at the time many of the time signatures and chordal progressions that Miles used were over the head of a young guitar player still functioning in the blues and folk idioms.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

A healthy democracy and a functioning society depend on a shared sense of what is real.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

"Let's get this country functioning again, let's get the basics right for people," he continued.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Bitter often joked to Jam that her father moved like a functioning disaster, clumsy and charming and breaking at least one breakable thing a week.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi