operational
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A 2025 UN report said that police stations were often underfunded and not fully operational, citing independent sources that accused officers of lacking skills in hostage negotiation and forensic investigation.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Analysts expect Kavukcuoglu, who has been with DeepMind since before Google bought it, to be more operational, ensuring moneymaking AI technology gets into production on schedule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Yes, we had operational achievements, but strategically we've failed."
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The first year a business is operational and active is the first year the taxpayer can take the deductions, Moll said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
On the basis of the intelligence Penkovsky provided, Kennedy and his aides realized that there was only a small window in which to act, before Khrushchev's missiles became fully operational.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Vocabulary lists containing operational
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 13
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"CLEP Financial Accounting," Vocabulary from Chapter 14
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