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The phrase "attending functions" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to participating in events, gatherings, or formal occasions.
Example: "She enjoys attending functions that allow her to network with professionals in her field."
Alternatives: "participating in events" or "going to gatherings."
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Many worked three or four nights a week, either at home or attending functions, to further their careers.
As captain I had to co-ordinate players attending functions for the appeal.
In 1972 the United States stopped evaluating wives in rating their spouses; entertaining and attending functions were no longer required, though they were still expected.
"It is so ridiculous that you actually couldn't help but laugh out loud at this … I had travelled with Madiba across the world, attending functions where there were sometimes hundreds of heads of state present.
If this uncovers anything very credible, I'm either going to have to change my conspiracy theory of choice, or start attending functions in a bigger, better, home-made tin-foil hat.
A ring of steel will be placed around the Excel conference centre in the Docklands, which hosts the meeting tomorrow (Thu), and extra protection officers have been drafted in to secure the hotels where the delegates will be staying and the venues where they will be attending functions.
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He attended functions put on by conservative magazines and organisations.
But he doesn't attend functions, and he has never identified himself as a foreigner.
She didn't shape the times she lived in; she attended functions during them.
Their "job" outside all the sweating and whacking is to play touch footy with schoolchildren and attend functions with sponsors.
They sit on corporate and nonprofit boards and attend functions and galas.
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