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Recent Examples of functional Combining her New England background with classic Southern style, founder Kate Figler layers modern pieces, antiques, and plenty of florals in her bright, functional spaces. Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2025 With vibrant colors and unique patterns on each piece, these blates bring a stylish accent to any kitchen, and their functional shape works for almost every type of meal. Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025 Instead, the move was driven by client needs and Accenture’s ambition to deliver integrated solutions combining industry knowledge, technical expertise, data, AI, and functional capabilities as a single offering. Dave Smith, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2025 The team used sheet metal welding to achieve the most basic functional design for a bipedal robot. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for functional
Recent Examples of Synonyms for functional
Adjective
  • Soldier feedback from the event is shaping ongoing enhancements to ensure warfighter readiness and operational relevance in dynamic threat environments, according to a press release.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Indeed, those leaders would be remiss not to seek AI operational efficiencies for the benefit of their shareholders.
    Michael Peregrine, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Anger is a useful fuel at the beginning of a story.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
  • However, Key Moments stands out as a genuinely useful feature that requires virtually no effort or expertise from the user.
    Paul Monckton, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Night aircraft is available for use if needed and if conditions permit.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
    Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Last year, though revenue and operating profit increased, non-operating red ink pushed the company into a full-year loss of NT$766 million, or $25 million.
    Russell Flannery, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The adjusted net income decreased by 8% y-o-y to $3.9 billion in the first nine months of 2022 due to higher expenses as a % of revenues and lower non-operating income.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Breakups are not universally applicable.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The findings may also not be fully applicable to the broader public, given that all study participants were older European adults.
    Brian Mastroianni, Health, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This synergy—forged through familiarity and trust—minimizes variability, reduces operative time, and elevates patient safety.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • As for non-operative, non-surgical treatments, osteoarthritis management could look like a combination of physical therapy, exercise and medications, Garbarino says.
    Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • But late last year, Arkansas terminated its contract with the company, citing numerous missed deadlines and non-functioning systems.
    Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • This involves having a poorly or non-functioning colon and is not usually reversible.
    Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Their next goal is to turn the system into a practical tool for early fire detection.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The result is a service that understands the practical needs of businesses and individuals while also recognizing that behind every booking there is a story, a purpose, or a challenge that deserves attention.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Functional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/functional. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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