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operate

[op-uh-reyt] / ˈɒp əˌreɪt /




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Through good economic times and bad, recruiters have usually operated the other way around: Companies pay them to find talent for tough-to-fill positions.

From The Wall Street Journal

Competition from the Fuyao Glass America plant is threatening about 250 jobs at a rival glass factory operating since the 1950s.

From The Wall Street Journal

This position is adopted in order to protect the identities of people who operate undercover on behalf of the state, or who take risks to assist the security forces.

From BBC

Airlines - especially those offering long routes and full services - operate on thin profit margins.

From BBC

It’s true that should the Iranian regime topple “the country’s stockpiles of highly enriched uranium and operating nuclear reactors could become dangerously unsecured.”

From The Wall Street Journal