vital function
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vital function
First recorded in 1795–1805
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“They’re primarily insectivorous here in the United States, and so they’re just going out to eat, and they’re performing this vital function for us,” Curtis said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
But while it may have a new term, social-emotional learning has always been a vital function of education.
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2026
Conditions such as hypertension and diabetes can compromise this vital function, leading to a kidney failure -- irreversible condition necessitating lifelong treatment through artificial hemodialysis or donor kidney transplantation.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2024
He acknowledged that the port plays a vital function, “but at what cost?”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
The church needs them; it cannot fulfill its function without them; and we have seen that its function is a vital function; that it furnishes the bond by which society is held together.
From The Church and Modern Life by Washington Gladden
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