as in operating
being in effective operation
a fully operational oil refinery
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Recent Examples of operational
As part of its restructuring, At Home will close 31 operational stores across the country, including one in Tempe, Arizona.
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Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Real-time, auditable settlement reduces operational and counterparty risk and can even enhance sanctions efficacy by making flows more traceable.
—Chris Maurice, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
There are just currently just 12,500 or so operational satellites of any kind in orbit, according to the European Space Agency — meaning that two out of every three functional spacecraft right now is a Starlink satellite.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
According to Foundry, Westmoreland is the last operational dairy farm in Mecklenburg County.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
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Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Real-time, auditable settlement reduces operational and counterparty risk and can even enhance sanctions efficacy by making flows more traceable.
—Chris Maurice, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
There are just currently just 12,500 or so operational satellites of any kind in orbit, according to the European Space Agency — meaning that two out of every three functional spacecraft right now is a Starlink satellite.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
According to Foundry, Westmoreland is the last operational dairy farm in Mecklenburg County.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for operational
Adjective
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Last year, though revenue and operating profit increased, non-operating red ink pushed the company into a full-year loss of NT$766 million, or $25 million.—
Russell Flannery,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The adjusted net income decreased by 8% y-o-y to $3.9 billion in the first nine months of 2022 due to higher expenses as a % of revenues and lower non-operating income.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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This smaller inverse-head-and shoulders that appears the same is actually a very small part of the larger operative weekly pattern.—
Todd Gordon,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
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Entirely being the operative word.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
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In 2004, a constitutional amendment created the National Council of Justice to manage the judiciary, which has vastly improved the functioning and autonomy of the courts.—
Omar G. Encarnación,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Sep. 2025
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There’s tunnels to crawl through, regular live performances from Quixotic that synchronize with the experience, and a functioning 240-seat theater that plans to host film festivals.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Operational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/operational. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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