Example Sentences

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We must not assume that liberty will perpetuate itself or that institutions will function without the trust and discipline of those they serve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Insiders have told me there will be important changes to how the dynamic between the OBR and the Treasury will function in future.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

OxyChem will function as an operating subsidiary within Berkshire, the companies said, while a subsidiary of Occidental will retain the chemical unit’s legacy environmental liabilities.

From Barron's • Oct. 2, 2025

That company, SpinCo, will function as an independent company outside of Comcast.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2025

There must be ways of putting nucleic acids together that will function far better—by any criterion we choose—than any human being who has ever lived.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan