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
The value of a state function depends only on the state that a system is in, and not on how that state is reached.
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
This meal, however, was no longer a state function, being served by the old servants as a mere matter of routine.
From Aunt Jane's Nieces by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
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