operator

Example Sentences

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Operator Sodexo Justice says on its website that it aims to "change lives for the better by operating safe, decent and secure prisons".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The California Independent System Operator awarded that work to Chicago-based Viridon, which won out in a competitive bid against other companies including Pacific Gas & Electric.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

“They had a fine office and the largest and completest quotation board I have ever seen anywhere,” Edwin Lefèvre writes of one bucket shop in his 1923 classic, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator External link.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it plans to restart the reactor on Jan. 20.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

She thought for a moment and said, “Oh, you mean you want to be like the Telephone Operator, like Maggie Medlin. She doesn’t have a family.”

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly