How to Use operator in a Sentence

operator

noun
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  • Call the operator for the phone number.
  • She's quite an operator—no one else could have gotten them all to agree to the project.
  • Operator, please connect me with extension 123.
  • The 911 operator told the teen that help was on the way, the suit states.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The costs have led to tensions between the company and operators in the past.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
  • What did all this mean for cinema operator stocks in the past year?
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The owner of the island, meanwhile, failed to make sure the operators had examined the risks properly, the judge added.
    — Chris Lau, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The county and the operators arranged a new concessions agreement, which could run for up to two years.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Pellot had told the 911 operator his wife may have taken some pills.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Such programs are licensed by the state and operators can care for up to 14 children at a time, sometimes some as young as 2 weeks old.
    — Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
  • The two special forces operators were climbing on a ladder to board a vessel while on a mission in the Gulf of Aden when high waves knocked one into the sea.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The project also calls for the operator stations to be updated.
    — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The first was to the White House operator, who put him in touch with the Marine major on Hendrickson’s personal staff.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Thus, in practical terms, here in the U.S., no space launch operator would be allowed to do what the operators of the Titan did.
    — Rick N. Tumlinson, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Police have obtained a warrant for his arrest for felony hit-and-run, speed to elude and no operator's license.
    — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The 10 Freeway fire destroyed the livelihoods of more than a dozen small business operators, most of them immigrants.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Beth Monroe of Huntsville will be the owner/operator of the Scottsboro location.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The day care’s operator and a man who lived in the apartment that housed the day care have been arrested and charged with murder and criminal drug possession.
    — Wesley Parnell, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Day-and-date releases aren’t the norm, but no cinema operator was going to refuse to play Five Nights at Freddy’s.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The system allows the operator to lay minefields from as far as 15 kilometers away.
    — Justin Ling, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Grocery shopping, still paid for by the employees at a markup, was done by sweatshop operators so that the workers wouldn’t leave the premises, Clinton said.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The restaurant’s operators had neglected to fix the latch on the freezer door, which had been broken since as early as August, the lawsuit alleges.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
  • Shares of the pharmacy retail chain operator fell 35% to 94 cents in afternoon trade.
    — Fox News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Officials said the operator was able to climb out of a rear window and return to safety prior to rescue crews' arrival.
    — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • But once Juno completed that mandate in 2021, its operators sketched out a new plan for the craft to examine three of Jupiter’s moons, as well as the behemoth’s dainty rings.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2024
  • In regard to any price changes, that’s up to the franchisee, but the Round Table Pizza franchisor is helping its operators maintain its margins.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • As a charter-bus operator and a die-hard independent voter in Phoenix, Bj Brooks knows a lot about changing lanes.
    — Jack Healy, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
  • And Paris recently voted to ban rental scooters from its streets, a setback for Lime and other operators.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The investors offered $21 a share for the department store operator, the people said, asking not to be identified as the deal hasn’t been publicly announced.
    — Gillian Tan, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Wagner’s guns for hire took on the brunt of fighting in and around Bakhmut, where a mix of criminals with little training and skilled operators fought Ukrainian soldiers for control of the city.
    — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023

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