21.   The combined company will let VoiceStream save costs by combining functions like billing and customer service, analysts said.

22.   The dailies have competing news and editorial operations, but their business functions are combined under a joint operating agreement.

23.   The new C-Cube chip, according to the press release, should help lower the cost of the machines by combining eight functions on a single chip.

24.   The MSST units combine the functions of existing port security and waterborne law-enforcement units.

25.   At first, the new chips likely will find uses in devices that better combine the functions of cell phones and handheld computers.

26.   The digital machines combine the functions of a fax, copier, printer and computer scanner, said company spokesman Kenichi Nakamura.