The multiple is a function of the team's stadium, debt and the demographics of the city served by the team.

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This function captures multiple viewpoints in a single image and puts them together for an artistic creation.

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Throughout the track, White Rabbits demonstrates a mastery of momentum and impressive coordination, as multiple drummers and vocalists function in perfect harmony and locate an impressive, infectious groove.

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Best Face is a function that allows multiple people take multiple pictures and select the best facial feature for each one to create a picture that can satisfy everyone.

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This is particularly true in multicore systems because cores actually can be sized differently, using more or less power as needed for a specific function and sometimes using multiple cores to execute the same command.

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The new Panamera continues the tradition of multiple options that enable owners to customize the look and function of their vehicles.

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It also was a function of the need to maintain significant forward presence in multiple regions of the world.

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Multi-function printers are becoming popular with enterprises as they provide combined multiple functions such as printing, fax, photocopying, scanning etc. and as companies upgrade to the new line of printers, we can expect this division to maintain profitability.

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Researchers have been toying with ultrafast miniaturized labs for a decade, shrinking single-function gear--such as machines for sizing DNA strands--onto chips, but combining multiple functions is difficult.

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