operating
Example Sentences
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It emerged earlier this week that the distillery owner is facing charges for the sale of food products harmful to health and operating an illegal business, but not the deaths.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Caroline, who spent her last year at Harvard Business School taking classes on buying and operating small businesses, took over running Minuteman after Nat’s job started.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Any civil penalties collected are legally required to go to the AQMD’s operating and enforcement budgets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The media cited Australian foreign ministry letters sent to the families of the two citizens killed, informing them that Laos would charge the operator of the Tiger brand of alcohol with operating illegally.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Natural selection was not operating on organisms but on their units of heredity.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
