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operate

[op-uh-reyt] / ˈɒp əˌreɪt /




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The growing price war threatens to widen losses at OpenAI and Anthropic, which are already bleeding billions of dollars a year to pay for computing firepower to build and operate advanced AI systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Belgium-based Kinepolis will soon operate 13 cinemas across the United States.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The service was set up in part because patients were facing extremely long waits to be seen by one of the three specialist gender services that now operate in England.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Until the issue is resolved in court, Tegna will operate as a separate unit of Nexstar but will not be fully integrated into its business.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

It was also why he had organized the house on an efficiency basis, so that it would operate smoothly without supervision; so that the older children would be responsible for the younger ones.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey




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