function
noun
the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
have been functioning
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present perfect progressiveof function.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Half of the station directors surveyed reported that in the four years since the lockdown began, their sites have been functioning with less -- or much less -- funding than they had in 2019.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2024
Regarding financial markets, Powell said that so far they have been "functioning well. There is a great deal of liquidity out there," and existing Fed programs were helping.
From Reuters ● Mar. 2, 2022
“Really, the fact they have been functioning so far is a miracle,” said Mordechai Kremnitzer, senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2021
“I do have some questions on how you vet people, especially those coming from countries that basically haven’t had governments that have been functioning for a very long period of time,” Baker said Monday.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 23, 2015
We wanted a character who really belonged to the ’20s, who wouldn’t have been functioning in the same way 10 years earlier.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2014
