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.
well-functioning
-
a word derived from
function.
Example Sentences
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"We need to develop our own capacities. We cannot allow someone trying to influence our own decisions, our own values, our own well-functioning economy and services," EU competition tsar Teresa Ribera said this month.
From Barron's ● May 30, 2026
“In well-functioning markets, buyer satisfaction and seller profits move together,” said Claes Fornell, ACSI’s founder.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
Those who emigrated, he said, can contribute insights they gained from living in well-functioning democracies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
Modified stem cells are then transfused back into the body, where they multiply and increase the production of stable, well-functioning red cells.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025
This was another, and very well-functioning, kind of creature with much more prominent wings and long feathery antennae.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
