state function
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Because the public service prioritized the funeral as state function over the utility of burial, Croft’s Burial Service here is more an appeal to tradition rather than a liturgical and religious need.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2022
In this view, public health and safety is solely a state function.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2022
Hess’s law is valid because enthalpy is a state function: Enthalpy changes depend only on where a chemical process starts and ends, but not on the path it takes from start to finish.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
They urged Iraqis to avoid sectarian grievances and said individuals with no official state function were banned from carrying weapons.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2014
O Old age pensions in England, 239.Opportunity, necessity of enjoyment of, by individuals, 203.Order, maintenance of, as a state function, 344-345.Oregon, the initiative in, 328.Ore lands, lease of, to United States Steel Corporation, 114.
From The Promise of American Life by Croly, Herbert David
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