in operation
Example Sentences
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Blackouts are also frequent because most Cuban power plants have been in operation for about four decades without proper maintenance and investment.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
It was reopened on Friday for the remaining period of the ceasefire currently in operation.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Times reporter Paul Dean noted that Flint helped tap the Owens Valley water that irrigated L.A.’s growth and prosperity, but the fountain named for him had not been in operation for 30 years.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
The country's electricity generation is sustained by a network of eight aging thermoelectric plants -- some in operation for over 40 years -- that suffer frequent breakdowns or must be shut down for maintenance cycles.
From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026
The scanty group of strikebreakers—the first of many, I was sure—wouldn’t be enough to keep a slaughterhouse of this size in operation.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
