5
laboring(verb, running, working, acting, operational)
5
live(adjective, energetic, active, vigorous, animate)
5
serving(verb, applying)
4
at work(expression, moving, active, effective, running)
4
behaving(verb, acting)
4
doing(verb, acting, execution, implementation, pursuance)
4
executing(verb, continuous, acting, flowing, operating)
4
exercising(verb, acting, applying)
4
function
4
moving(verb, active, effective, continuous, running)
4
serviceable
3
agency
3
behavior(noun, performance, action, way, machine)
3
execution(noun, performance, process, doing, way)
3
in action(expression, idiom, continuous, flowing, operating)
3
in effect(expression, adjective, idiom, active, running)
3
in the works(noun, expression, idiom, activity, movement)
3
powerful
3
useful(adjective, practical, running, alive, working)
2
act
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