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operator

[op-uh-rey-ter] / ˈɒp əˌreɪ tər /
NOUN
one who operates a machine
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NOUN
one who operates workable property
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NOUN
manipulator
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NOUN
controller
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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

“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

He also called for the quick appointment of a new head of Ukrhydroenergo, a hydropower generating company, and reforms for oil and gas giant Naftogaz and the nation's Gas Transmission System Operator.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

At the end of the day, they announced that Miss Honoria Goates from Staples would be our new Telephone Operator.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly




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