Example Sentences

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Do we have any insight into how their content-moderation operations were functioning around this video?

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2025

Six hydrants were functioning but needed water to be turned on at a nearby valve, while 186 hydrants did not require repairs despite being tagged as potentially damaged.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2025

There was pride when MPs swiftly overturned the president's martial law decision, that the country's democratic institutions were functioning after all.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2024

Inside the cab were functioning video cameras and mirrors that would have given the driver the necessary direct and indirect view of the cyclist, the statement said.

From Washington Times • Jun. 17, 2023

The Foundry Quarterly Conference, under whose authority they were functioning, elected trustees and a building committee to secure funds and pay for the building, but no regular church organization was immediately effected.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 by Various