49 entries under functioning topic. ×

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significant(adjective, active, useful, running, beneficial)
4
busy(adjective, running, operational)
4
in operation(expression, adjective, active, useful, real)
4
workable(adjective, reasonable, sensible, active, useful)
3
current(adjective, active, practical, running, alive)
2
crucial(adjective, important, powerful, active, useful)
2
employed(running, alive, operational)
2
laboring(running, operational)
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moving(adjective, active, effective, running, alive)
2
viable(animate, realistic, living, running, conscious)
1
hot(running, alive, operational)
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in action(expression, adjective, idiom, reasonable, useful)
1
in full swing(expression, idiom, running, alive)
1
indicative(adjective, active, influential)
1
on fire(expression, running, alive, operational)
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on track(expression, running, alive, happening)
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relevant(adjective, active, influential)
1
standing(adjective, active, influential)
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animated(adjective, active, alive, existing)
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continuing(adjective, active, alive, happening, existing)
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