operational
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Israel's military chief Lieutenant Colonel Eyal Zamir called the killing a "significant operational achievement".
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
These were not national security reporters publishing operational secrets during wartime.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
No one hogs the limelight at NASA: When I ask Mr. Kshatriya if he laid the operational groundwork for Ms. Glaze, he says: “Me and 1,000 other people.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Milliken said UC faced “ongoing federal funding uncertainty and increasing operational and labor costs.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Then she was posted to RAF Maidsend, an operational base for a squadron of new Spitfire fighter planes, not far from Canterbury, near the Kentish coast.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing operational
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 13
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"CLEP Financial Accounting," Vocabulary from Chapter 14
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