functioning

Example Sentences

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For now, the fish are functioning fine in their adopted creek.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

And much of the burden fell on Meenakshi Parikh, the dean, who had to keep the medical college functioning even as it grappled with overwhelming grief.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

A few months ago, I wouldn’t have been able to incorporate these habits of mind into a functioning tool.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

If federal habeas review is functioning properly, prisoners with innocence claims should prefer it over compassionate release; the latter reduces the sentence, but keeps the conviction intact.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

In a fully functioning nuclear reactor, trillions of atoms are fissioning at any point in time.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland