operated

ADJECTIVE

conducted

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fulfilled managed negotiated regulated

STRONG

accomplished achieved administered contrived conveyed determined directed driven enforced executed finished governed guided handled maintained manipulated moved ordered performed practiced promoted revolved run served superintended supervised sustained transacted transported turned used wielded worked

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operated

A marquee chef hasn’t been announced yet, but the restaurant is operated by Rhubarb Events & Hospitality Collection, which is part of the investment firm Oak View Group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

As a result, the number of exonerations nationwide increased from 25 in 1989 to 259 in 2022, according to the National Registry of Exonerations, a project operated by universities in Michigan and California.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

Mackay said his company believed it was the closest a civilian airliner had operated so close to winter solstice, which was on 21 June.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Experts at Chilbolton Observatory, operated by the UK's national space laboratory RAL Space, monitor UK-licenced satellites and fast-multiplying fragments of space debris swirling around them.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Originally operated by the Russian Air Force, Star City is now under the control of Roscosmos, the Russian Space Agency.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson