How to Use operate in a Sentence
operate
verb
- The café is owned and operated by a young couple.
- The machine can operate at high speeds.
- It's the only casino operating in the state.
- They hope to have the windmill operating again tomorrow.
- The company operates from Chicago.
- The camera also operates underwater.
- The organization operates a recycling program.
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The brain’s stress network operates like a game of tug-of-war.
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Haley Weiss,
Time,
13 June 2023
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The company has an agreement with the city to operate the venue for the next few years.
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Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2024
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The device can also be set to operate as a fan that can push cooling air around a room.
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Paige Bennett,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Apr. 2024
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Once fully charged, the spin scrubber can operate for up to 90 minutes at a time.
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Amy Schulman,
Peoplemag,
7 Feb. 2024
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That ended a run of five years of Missouri operating at a deficit.
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The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
19 Feb. 2024
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Some objected to the fact that little is known about how Mesa Rock will operate.
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Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Mar. 2024
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Hästens faced a £1.2 million ($1.5 million) operating loss in the U.K. that year.
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Ryan Hogg,
Fortune Europe,
12 Jan. 2024
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Take note of the corporate name, which might differ from the brand under which the business operates.
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Michelle Singletary,
Washington Post,
27 Oct. 2023
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Militants now operate so close to the border that Israelis can see them with their bare eyes.
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Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Dec. 2023
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Customers can view this map, depending on the type of aircraft assigned to operate their flight, at the time of booking.
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Angelika Pokovba,
Travel + Leisure,
22 June 2023
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The Coast Guard operates in small communities like Valdez, which doesn’t have a single year-round child care provider.
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Sean Maguire,
Anchorage Daily News,
24 June 2023
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The county had sought to gain control of the library board, which operates as a private nonprofit and has roots dating to 1799.
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Gregory S. Schneider,
Washington Post,
4 Oct. 2023
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The kitchen is operated by Firetap Alehouse, co-owned by Lewis.
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Alex Demarban,
Anchorage Daily News,
16 Sep. 2023
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Spanning more than 80 acres, the center is owned and operated by the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico.
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Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Jan. 2024
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The company said no one was hurt and that ship services continued to operate.
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Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2024
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Some Twitter accounts that shared deepfakes appeared to be operating out in the open.
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Kat Tenbarge,
NBC News,
12 June 2023
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Most startups aren’t going to be able to raise the kind of capital needed to build out and operate these large language models.
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Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
26 Jan. 2024
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The cameras themselves have the ability to detect heat and operated with little to no light.
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Jennifer Griffin,
Fox News,
9 Nov. 2023
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While the new building will charge membership fees, it will be owned and operated by the city’s Parks and Recreation department.
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Natalie Wallington,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2024
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Half of the city’s streetlights were out, a third of buses were broken down in garages, and only eight ambulances operated across the entire city.
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Ambassador Demetrios J. Marantis,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Oct. 2023
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The school opened in 2005 as part of a network that also operates six elementary schools in Milwaukee and Racine.
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Hope Karnopp,
Journal Sentinel,
13 June 2023
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Hoffman was operating a crane with a camera attached to capture video of the concert.
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Ethan Millman,
Rolling Stone,
28 July 2023
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My grandmother and mother both operated Bed and Breakfasts in their homes for many years.
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Joe Mutascio,
The Indianapolis Star,
8 Aug. 2023
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