state function
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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After his Oireachtas address, President Biden will be the evening guest of honour at a state function in Dublin Castle, the former seat of British power in Ireland.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023
In this view, public health and safety is solely a state function.
From Salon • Jan. 14, 2022
When the prime minister of the Serbian enclave in Bosnia, Zeljka Cvijanovic, stopped at the hotel and met Kellyanne Conway and Sarah Huckabee Sanders, she issued a news release almost suggestive of a state function.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2020
The value of a state function depends only on the state that a system is in, and not on how that state is reached.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
During the same day His Royal Highness attended a great state function in the laying of the foundation of St. Thomas' Hospital by the Queen in person.
From The Life of King Edward VII with a sketch of the career of King George V by Hopkins, J. Castell (John Castell)
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