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operators

NOUN
one who operates a machine
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NOUN
one who operates workable property
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Antonyms
NOUN
manipulator
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NOUN
controller
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In an 8-1 decision, the high court reinstated nine-figure judgments that a U.S. dock company obtained against cruise operators.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Coast Guard’s San Francisco station, where mariners can report whale sightings to alert vessel operators in an effort to try to prevent more collisions.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Decades later, cruise ship operators got permission from the Cuban government to do business there and started using the docks for international cruises.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

During the worst geomagnetic storm on record, in 1859, bright auroras were seen as far south as Panama -- and telegraph operators around the world were given electric shocks.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

I shook out my blanket and lay on top of it, shoulder to shoulder, a row of operators like matchsticks in a box.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse



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