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operating theater

NOUN
operating room
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This variation matters far beyond the operating theater.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026

After two decades in the operating theater he knew everything about his performance, including his weakness: a tendency to demand almost as much of everyone else in the room as of himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025

She tried the door to the operating theater.

From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2024

Dr. Winters carries his own burden into the operating theater: He has cancer, and only a few months left to live.

From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2022

“Good,” he said, “we are taking you to the operating theater immediately.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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