operate
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U.S. airlines operate on tight schedules and have cut flights in recent months as a response to rising jet-fuel costs.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
“We are always going to be on the front end of aggression with how we operate in the market,” Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
"One successful flight will not prove that model, but it could mark an important transition: from demonstrating that Starship can fly, to demonstrating how Starship could operate."
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
According to the research firm TrendForce, ChatGPT requires around 30,000 GPUs to operate.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
Technology came first, because it is possible to make machines by trial and error without fully understanding the principles on which they operate.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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Borstel, whose family operates four stalls across the city centre, said rising costs for meat, electricity, staffing and accommodation had forced the business to increase prices.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
American Cruise Lines, which owns the American Heritage and operates other small ship cruises around the country, said guests and crew were being evacuated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Corporate records filed in Hong Kong list her as a director of Nanjing Lingxing Technology, which operates the popular T3 ride hailing platform in China.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
The arrangement of these components plays an important role in determining how efficiently a computer operates.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
The factory is a bakery and he operates the slicing machines.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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Unlike other prediction markets operated by Kalshi and Polymarket, Meta’s app doesn’t allow users to wager real money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
He said city officials had identified the companies running the construction site, and were examining 100 other sites operated by the same groups to ensure they are safe.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Care is the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan, serving more than 2.6 million low-income Los Angeles County residents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
"Two of the valves have been opened. The deployment process has started," said an official on the livestream operated by the city.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
Genes that operated on the same metabolic pathway were physically linked to each other: if you worked together, then you lived together in the genome.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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He said the business remained profitable, although margins were under pressure and card payments added to operating costs.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
AWS generated $45.6 billion in profit in 2025, more than half of Amazon’s operating income that year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Beyond faster simulations, the researchers envision connecting AI models directly to operating laser systems.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
Airlines operating across the country were scrambling to notify passengers, many of whom had already arrived at airports expecting to board a plane only to be met with delays and cancellations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
The patient was on an operating table in the foreground.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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