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operate

[op-uh-rayt] / ˈɒp əˌreɪt /




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"Each facility is designed to operate for at least 20 years, and once live it sustains hundreds of specialist on-site roles," he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Video cameras operate silently, often in restricted areas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

The ability to operate across different radio frequencies could also be useful for spacecraft communications and scientific instruments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

“They operate the system to maximize exports,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Among the Exosuit’s many advantages is that it can operate efficiently between two hundred and five hundred feet below the surface.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

Authorities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales all make provisions for adoptees to access their medical history, but the way this operates in practice can vary hugely in the different nations.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

It operates in 13 markets in sub-Saharan Africa, where traditional banking infrastructure is underdeveloped.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

In this case, they are challenging how the Department of Water Resources currently operates one of the largest water systems in the world, the State Water Project.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Fresno-based Jagroop Singh Deol operates two gas-guzzling rigs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

La Mara Valiente lives in the nearby town of Buenos Aires and operates where the tracks cross Reforma Ranch.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

"Operations at the data centre have been completely suspended," it added, advising users to activate disaster-recovery plans as the platform operated in emergency mode.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Information-security specialists inside companies and governments often aren’t aware of connected cameras, which are frequently installed and operated by facilities managers or other non-IT teams, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Others have described the Staffordshire town as the "beer capital of England", and at its height more than 30 breweries once operated from there.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Gabriel Perez, an aide who operated Trump’s teleprompter, recently left the administration after revelations that he placed lucrative bets on the prediction market Kalshi based on the content of the president’s speeches.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

We can identify the chain of proximate factors that enabled Pizarro to capture Atahuallpa, and that operated in European conquests of other Native American societies as well.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

This continuous feedback keeps the clock operating at a consistent rate, without requiring a conventional atomic clock to maintain its stability.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Pete describes it as one of the most challenging environments he has ever flown in, with "multiple walls of flame", personnel and vehicles moving around the site and helicopters operating overhead.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

While the term has no standard definition under accounting rules, free cash flow is typically calculated as cash flow from operating activities minus capital expenditures, or capex.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

But the Panama Canal Authority said shipping through the channel, which connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, was unaffected and operating "as normal."

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Their plantations and businesses would not earn enough money to support the cost of operating these large properties if they shifted to paid labor.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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