vital function
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vital function
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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But while it may have a new term, social-emotional learning has always been a vital function of education.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026
Memory serves a vital function, enabling us to learn from new experiences and update existing knowledge.
From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024
In many ways, celebrities perform a vital function, partly by providing material for the rest of us to dissect, praise, criticise and make into memes.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2022
He acknowledged that the port plays a vital function, “but at what cost?”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2021
The results of the transfer of this vital function of the national government have, in the meantime, been so salutary as fully to vindicate the change.
From The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 by Various
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