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Hong Kong requires incorporated companies to appoint a corporate secretary that files its annual returns, among other compliance functions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Other charitable funds help maintain the department’s fleet of helicopters, support the spouses and children of slain officers and promote the official police department band that performs at graduations, funerals and other functions.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

It functions as a representative body for an estimated 150,000 Tibetans living in exile worldwide.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

One of the most surprising discoveries involved D-serine, an amino acid that also functions as a neurotransmitter in the brain.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Indeed, armed with microscopes, cell biologists had become accustomed to a cellular world in which visible structures performed identifiable functions within cells.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee