operational
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By the following year, the first full year the scheme was operational, that had jumped to more than 33 million.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
"A year in orbit pushes both hardware and humans into a different operational regime compared with the shorter Shenzhou missions of the programme's earlier phases," he said.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
The State Department didn’t say when the clinics would become operational.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
At the time of the discovery, only 21 detection lines were operational, representing about 10% of the observatory's planned final size.
From Science Daily • May 24, 2026
He ran his finger down the column of figures—$25,000 for the new cyclotron, $40,000 in combined annual operational expenses— and remarked, “It’s a pretty large undertaking.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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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