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operation

[op-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌɒp əˈreɪ ʃən /


NOUN
surgical procedure
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Example Sentences

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Hitting the quotas got harder over the years, though, as North Korea’s operations became more well-known.

From The Wall Street Journal

Without the revenue that comes from having critical access status, operations at Glenn Medical would be unsustainable, hospital management previously told CalMatters.

From Los Angeles Times

The Pentagon statement on Sunday defined the operation as "a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding".

From BBC

In the two weeks since Guthrie's disappearance, the FBI and Pima County sheriff's officers have conducted a massive search operation involving helicopters, sniffer dogs, hundreds of officers, and thousands of tips called in.

From BBC

Inside our operations room in Ramallah, time slowed to something unbearable.

From Los Angeles Times