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as in manages
to look after and make decisions about
it takes years to learn how to operate that kind of business so that it makes money
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as in works
to produce a desired effect
the medicine will take an hour or so to operate the first time you use it
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as in applies
to put into action or service
wouldn't dream of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol
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Recent Examples of operates
The residual 1 percent now operates at machine speed against an agent with wallet access.
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Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Samsung operates 12 fabrication lines, employs over 260,000 people worldwide, and is investing $73 billion in semiconductor capex and R&D this year alone, the largest single-year chip investment by any company in history.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 17 May 2026
The company operates more than 280 data centers across the globe.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 17 May 2026
Bening plays Beulah Jackson, a larger-than-life Texas businesswoman who owns and operates 10 Petal Ranch along with her family.
—William Earl, Variety, 17 May 2026
And Cloudflare said the way the company operates has completely changed, adding that its AI use has increased by more than 600% in the last three months alone.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
The machine operates with 200 qubits, and Chinese state media reported that key indicators, including the lifetime and reliability of its qubits, have already reached what researchers described as world-class levels.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
It was expanded in 1992 but still operates within much of the same structure despite a substantial rise in animal intake over the decades.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
In essence, Nvidia treats the entire data center as the new unit of compute, interconnecting chips, servers and racks so tightly that an AI factory operates as a single colossal supercomputer.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Samsung operates 12 fabrication lines, employs over 260,000 people worldwide, and is investing $73 billion in semiconductor capex and R&D this year alone, the largest single-year chip investment by any company in history.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 17 May 2026
The company operates more than 280 data centers across the globe.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 17 May 2026
Bening plays Beulah Jackson, a larger-than-life Texas businesswoman who owns and operates 10 Petal Ranch along with her family.
—William Earl, Variety, 17 May 2026
And Cloudflare said the way the company operates has completely changed, adding that its AI use has increased by more than 600% in the last three months alone.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
The machine operates with 200 qubits, and Chinese state media reported that key indicators, including the lifetime and reliability of its qubits, have already reached what researchers described as world-class levels.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
It was expanded in 1992 but still operates within much of the same structure despite a substantial rise in animal intake over the decades.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
In essence, Nvidia treats the entire data center as the new unit of compute, interconnecting chips, servers and racks so tightly that an AI factory operates as a single colossal supercomputer.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for operates
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Tarik Skubal, the two-time American League Cy Young Award winner, can throw about as hard as Misiorowski, but Skubal uses his four-seam fastball less than forty per cent of the time.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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Comfortable on either flank, and equally happy shooting with his left or right foot, Guardiola initially deployed Semenyo in a No 10 role, but now uses him mostly from the right flank.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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But more than any business accolade, Leah has found success doing the thing that every influencer wants to but almost none manages.—
Anna Peele,
Vanity Fair,
14 May 2026
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The movie manages to be rigorously muddled despite not being all that complicated.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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Everyone who works with him, their salary goes up, the writers, the producers.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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Public Counsel, a pro bono law firm in Los Angeles that works with low-income communities and vendors, is also working with coalitions and the city of Inglewood to ask that vendors be included in economic opportunities at the games and people in the area without legal status be protected.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
18 May 2026
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The measure applies only to the Senate, not the House, highlighting ongoing tensions between the two chambers over responsibility for funding the federal government.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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This applies especially for pets, because the algae can be extremely dangerous to their health.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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Downstairs at The Landing, the Food Hall handles the group's picky eaters with pizza, burgers, and wraps, all without a reservation.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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Ask how the platform handles episodic memory (what happened, with replay), semantic memory grounded in the ontology (so meaning does not drift between agents) and procedural memory expressed as versioned, testable skills and MCP tools.—
Shailesh Manjrekar,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Major Kevin Corbett, who works for the BSO’s detention department, testified that the rapper is kept in a 30-cell unit by himself and an emergency-response team — dressed in tactical attire — supervises him 24 hours a day.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
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The Chinese government officially recognizes five religions — Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, Protestantism and Islam — and tightly supervises them.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The tests are intended to evaluate how the product performs across a range of soils, climates, and agricultural conditions.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
17 May 2026
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Balibar, who has worked with Arnaud Desplechin, Mathieu Amalric, Olivier Assayas and Jacques Rivette, and also performs as a singer and stage actor, rounds out the principal cast.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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Techniques such as electroencephalography (EEG), which relies on electrical signals, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which utilizes blood flow, were employed to measure how the brain responds to its environment.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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Another option is to choose a soap that utilizes natural ingredients.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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“Operates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/operates. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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