How to Use operation in a Sentence

operation

noun
  • The family runs a small farming operation.
  • The company is a billion-dollar operation.
  • Same goes for the red zone operation on both sides of the ball.
    Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Give them a small slice of your operations to take over for a week.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • The goal of this operation is to change the threat, not the regime.
    NBC news, 1 Mar. 2026
  • But a new regime might mean a new standard of operation.
    Katie Woo, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • That’s the goal of this operation.
    NBC news, 1 Mar. 2026
  • In the end, this looked more like a live demo than a real shift in operations.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Stick through the credits to see how the brains behind the operation fare.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The shape of a sinus, a filling, an operation from years ago.
    Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The thin white bandages taped across their noses post-operation were worn like badges of honor.
    Vogue, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The parishes already share a priest as well as some operations.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2024
  • How big of an impact will this have on airline operations?
    Joel Rose, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
  • So far, the force has been used mainly in maritime operations.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The operation started as a small, open-air fruit stand more than 80 years ago.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
  • Yet is is only a part of one force and our force is only one phase of the entire operation.
    Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2024
  • The White House is a much tighter operation.
    ABC News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The area was once a dairy and cattle operation but is now a verdant habitat for birds and fish.
    Raymond Zhong Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • There are also operations to change structures in the throat.
    Linda Carroll, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The girl was struck in the left shin and was undergoing a five-hour operation.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The rescue operation was no small feat.
    S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • That would put us in early April for an end to combat operations.
    CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The garage and the calf operation located behind the rock house keeps most of the town’s men busy.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Still, the street corner will remain the soul of his operation — and the music at the heart of it all.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Those are very weak numbers for the start of a military operation, right?
    Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Breece said the operations haven’t been expensive so far.
    Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
  • And these operations will continue until the threat is no longer there.
    NBC news, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Details are now emerging as to how the rescue operation took place.
    Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Green District is not the only salad operation with an eye on growth in the area.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 19 July 2022
  • In his role, Zito has to have a hand in every part of hockey operations.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 May 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'operation.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: