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operation

[op-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌɒp əˈreɪ ʃən /


NOUN
surgical procedure
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She is a one-woman operation: “It’s my brand, it’s my reputation.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

The refiners still in operation are racing to supply a market in dire need of diesel, which powers all manner of heavy-duty vehicles and machinery, while also scrambling to procure enough crude shipments to process.

From MarketWatch Sep. 22, 2026

For Schraf-Fletcher, the chance to avoid another major knee operation was especially appealing.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2026

But in practice, Tourtsakis’ operation felt very different from the version of medbeds I had found on the internet.

From Slate Sep. 22, 2026

He was in the bed nearer the door, separated by a curtain from his roommate: the Hampden County postmaster, as we later discovered, who was in for a prostate operation.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

He added that ICE operations have surged in Austin in recent weeks.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

"We have seen that vibrating objects can exhibit quantum behavior, which is the prerequisite for many of the operations needed by quantum computing and sensing."

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2026

The Eurocopter AS32 helicopter went down just before 3 p.m. during firefighting operations, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2026

While ASM mining is regulated in Ghana, many of the local players continue to operate informally, including some mechanized operations.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

I’d been too young when I had my big operations to remember the before-versus-after, the dramatic transformation.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge




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