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• n  process or manner of functioning or operating
• v  perform as expected when applied
• v  serve a purpose, role, or function
• v  perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function
• a  performing or able to perform its regular function
  a functioning flashlight

• The state cannot assume responsibility for any function of a parochial school without interlocking its function with the institutional functioning of the school and of the church .
• The benefits of fish oil are well established, not just for heart health but also for optimum functioning of both body and mind.
• Even fully-functioning states such as Pakistan have needed decades of research and the assistance of nuclear-capable allies to develop their bomb programs, and they haven't had to .

• operation
• performance
• function
• work
• operate
• go
• run
• serve
• officiate

• malfunction
• malfunctioning

News & Articles

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• Education board down one unless speaker acts
  The nine-member state Board of Education will be functioning minus one member after this week’s meetings unless Speaker Philip Gunn acts to fill the vacancy.
  June 21, 2013 - Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
• Rig Electrician
  The Electrician must ensure the continual functioning of all the electrical tools and equipment on board the drilling rig including, but not limited to, the kitchen equipment, heating and air condition equipment, washer and dryers, etc. to minimize the downtime of the rig.
  June 20, 2013 - Rigzone
• Italy PM sees no impact on government from Berlusconi trials
  ROME (Reuters) - Italian center-left Prime Minister Enrico Letta declared on Thursday that a series of criminal trials involving center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi would have no impact on the functioning of the coalition government between their two parties. "I see the government as stable and focused on its objectives and I don't believe there will be any kind of consequence from external ...
  June 20, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Ben Bernanke in FOXNews
  In general, healthy economic growth depends on well-functioning financial markets,Bernanke said.
• Michelle Bachelet in FOXNews
  Despite this, the system is functioning. People should remain calm. We're doing everything we can with all the forces we have. Any information we will share immediately,Bachelet said.
• Donald Kohn in International Herald Tribune
  Kohn noted that "the increased turbulence of recent weeks partly reversed some of the improvement in market functioning over the late part of September and in October."