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operate

[op-uh-rayt] / ˈɒp əˌreɪt /




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The trucks at Yimin operate 24 hours a day, stopping only for six minutes to swap out their batteries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Dr Hans Nagar, a consultant gynaecological surgeon and oncologist, is one of the surgeons trained to operate Da Vinci.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

KSL’s affiliated management firm, Peregrine Hospitality, will operate the property.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

"These retrons operate with Rube Goldberg-level complexity, using molecular mechanisms that we would never have thought to invent, but that we'll use in future technologies."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Dr. Atkinson told Mom and Dad he needed to operate to see what was going on.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

Scientists at Gladstone Institutes have discovered an unusual bacterial immune system that operates in almost the opposite way of previously known defenses.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

The chef at Wales' only two-Michelin-star restaurant has defended the way he operates his kitchen after the venue came under scrutiny over food hygiene standards.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The Shire operates according to an established hierarchy, with sophisticated types like Bilbo and forelock-tugging underlings like Sam Gamgee; the latter could have stepped in from “The Pickwick Papers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The company has worked with autonomous vehicle partners since 2020 and also operates charging stations for them in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Bottom-up attention operates unconsciously, automatically, driven by sensory stimulus and contextual cues.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

However, those earlier designs operated on surfaces and relied on the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope to drive their movement.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

One of the aircraft was operated by Jerry Trimble Helicopters, a flight training school based at the McMinnville Municipal Airport, according to a statement from the company.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The update approved Thursday sets rules for the Sacramento River and the rest of the Delta, where pumps operated by state and federal agencies send water flowing in aqueducts to farms and cities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

At 11:30 p.m., just 40 minutes later, the family boarded a private aircraft operated by Baires Fly, with Guayaquil, Ecuador, listed as its destination on the flight plan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Occupy Mobius encampment is bright with car headlights and portable outdoor work lights operated by generators.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

This has prompted dozens of states to sue, arguing that Kalshi is an unlicensed sportsbook operating in violation of their laws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Experts say wind is now set to take off, and point to Laos's 600-megawatt Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025, as a bankable case study.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

The court heard that Cancer Research UK has been operating its scheme for 25 years, providing people with access to a free will writing service.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

That gives researchers an unusual opportunity to make an "apples-to-apples" comparison between two facilities operating at very different collision energies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

He carried it to the clinic only to see Nurse Cha take Mija’s mother to the operating room.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh


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