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The phrase "a secondary function like" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing additional roles or purposes that something may serve, often in a comparative context.
Example: "The primary purpose of the software is to manage data, but it also has a secondary function like generating reports."
Alternatives: "an additional role such as" or "a supplementary function similar to".
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Tupperware containers in which food can be stored often have a secondary function, like a mixing bowl with a lid; single-purpose storage bowls tend to have some design flair, like the Stuffables line whose lids expand, or FlatOut containers, whose telescopic bowls collapse to about an inch.
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Talking is becoming a secondary function.
But interconnectedness has rendered this a secondary function.
A secondary function is providing judicial rulings on whether a person is Jewish.
In fact, the natural world is replete with examples of organs taking on a secondary function.
As on most netbooks, many keys control a secondary function (for example, brightness or volume) when you press the function key; on the Wind, secondary functions are labeled in blue on the white keys and are easy to see.
But the main use case of contraceptives, their intended function, as opposed a secondary function, is to prevent fertility, not to achieve some health outcome.
Arrigo explained that a secondary function of TheWaveVR is to act as an interface for people to program music [in a 3D environment?].
He also hopes the end result will play a secondary role, like the Bayeux Tapestry in France, functioning not just as a piece of art but also as a historical document.
The idea that you connect a tablet to your TV and play seems to only work in single-gamer households, or as a very much secondary function.
Different class players get chairs of different heights, introducing a secondary engineering function to a sport that does not come cheap.
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