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operations



NOUN
surgical procedure
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It is a setback for an airline that almost always tops industry rankings for reliable operations.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

“How can you not be excited about the host nation training in your facility when you are a club who prides itself on developing young talent,” said Dan Rutstein, the team’s president of business operations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

He said the government had given officers "stronger powers to act earlier and disrupt, intercept and take down the operations of criminal smuggling gangs who bring illegal migrants to our shores".

From BBC • May 26, 2026

In the operations room -- equipped with a giant data screen -- staff carefully track drone deliveries, while other employees use electric scooters to get around faster.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

There was some pushing and pulling with the people who ran his firm’s CDO operations, but Lippmann found himself uncomfortably short subprime mortgage bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis



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