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operating

[op-uh-ray-ting] / ˈɒp əˌreɪ tɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
functioning
Synonyms
NOUN
management
Synonyms


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Its operating margin has doubled in four years while sales grew 15-fold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

And this "enabled the club to pretend that such funds represented operating income".

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

“Using AI to autonomously operate automobiles, trucks, and drones, as well as other industrial automation initiatives, represent a $400 billion market opportunity by increasing equipment uptime while reducing training and operating costs,” they said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Net sales and operating revenue jumped 19% to $7.88 billion, topping Wall Street models for $7.09 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

I say to Frank, who is sitting up on the catwalk operating the spotlight, “Frank, that baby is smarter than half of my humanities class. Is this how things have always been?”

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King




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