as in operating
being in effective operation
a fully operational oil refinery
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Recent Examples of operational
Germany has fewer than ten operational Patriot batteries at any one time, enough to cover the airspace over Berlin and one other city.
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Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
It is expected to be delivered to the navy and become operational in June 2026 after completing tests and evaluations.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
The spacecraft will then make their own way to their operational altitude of 392 miles (630 km).
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 23 June 2025
This means: • Setting clear financial and operational targets.
—Luigi Damasceno, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
It is expected to be delivered to the navy and become operational in June 2026 after completing tests and evaluations.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
The spacecraft will then make their own way to their operational altitude of 392 miles (630 km).
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 23 June 2025
This means: • Setting clear financial and operational targets.
—Luigi Damasceno, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for operational
Adjective
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Under Proposition 309, voters casting mail-in ballots could provide a driver's license or non-operating identification license number, the last four digits of a social security number, or a unique identifying number provided by the secretary of state for voter registration purposes.—
Arlyssa D. Becenti,
The Arizona Republic,
27 Oct. 2022
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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
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The operative part of cruising is movement: to sail to and from a place with ease.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
25 June 2025
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Fresh off her Oscar win for 2001's Monster's Ball, Halle Berry's next step was to join the James Bond franchise in 2002's Die Another Day as NSA operative Jinx.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
21 June 2025
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“Operational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/operational. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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