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functioned

verb

past tense of function

as in served

to have a certain purpose the heart functions as a pump for the blood

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Recent Examples of functioned Unlike larger humanitarian ships, the Iuventa functioned primarily as a first responder. — Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 17 July 2026 But the immense and unwieldy new blimped camera prompted changes in how the crew functioned. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026 The findings have functioned as something of a Rorschach test for American Jews. — Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2026 The City Center mall functioned as the primary entertainment hub, and Easton Town Center felt like a bold new idea rather than a polished destination. — Rafael Pena, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2026 In the Green New Deal discussion, though, this hypothetical meat ban effectively functioned as metaphorical shortcut for progressive political overreach. — David Rooney, The Conversation, 10 July 2026 The board had stopped watching, but the review mechanism had never functioned in the first place. — Tiffany Archer, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 By installing silicon carbide heating units within the core of the non-nuclear system, technicians simulated peak operating temperatures to verify that all structural components functioned properly under thermal stress. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026 Indeed, each national emergency has functioned like a ratchet, resetting the baseline size and reach of government ever higher. — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 1 July 2026

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In a statement, historic preservation group Historic KC said the building once served as the headquarters of the Western Newspaper Union, whose services supplied thousands of weekly newspapers through the country in the early 1900s.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
In 2023, she was served a restraining order from the district for sharing teachers’ personal information, which was later revoked, according to previous reporting from The Bee.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026

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Brown’s wife was Bruneau’s best friend at the time of the victim’s death, and both women worked as flight attendants for Braniff Airlines, a Grapevine police detective wrote in an arrest warrant affidavit filed in June.

— Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
Part of what makes AI so useful in health and medicine is that the technology excels at identifying trends in large swaths of data, said Jason Droege, CEO of Scale AI, which worked with Mayo Clinic to develop Record Time.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

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