as in operating
being in effective operation
a fully operational oil refinery
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Recent Examples of operational
All three runways at the airport have since reopened and the airfield is fully operational, officials said Thursday.
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Megan Forrester, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2025
Tested for years in a Canadian town and zoo, the system is now fully operational for the first time at a Canadian research base studying atmospheric science and Arctic life, just 700 miles from the North Pole.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
And not just in an abstract manner, but one with immediate consequences for operational circularity.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 7 Nov. 2025
The need for a single source of truth for all operational and regulated data has become critical.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
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Megan Forrester, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2025
Tested for years in a Canadian town and zoo, the system is now fully operational for the first time at a Canadian research base studying atmospheric science and Arctic life, just 700 miles from the North Pole.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
And not just in an abstract manner, but one with immediate consequences for operational circularity.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 7 Nov. 2025
The need for a single source of truth for all operational and regulated data has become critical.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 6 Nov. 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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Budanov, who has survived numerous assassination attempts, began his career as a special forces operative and served in the east after Russia illegally annexed Crimea and its proxies took over Ukraine’s eastern fringes.—
Reuters 6 hr ago,
CNN Money,
2 Jan. 2026
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Their pre-operative assessment involves a thorough analysis of the airway.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Immigrants make up nearly one quarter of Illinois’ workforce and are essential to industries that keep communities healthy and functioning.—
Anabel Mendoza,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2026
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The system interprets this visual input and converts it into a functioning, interactive prototype.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Dec. 2025
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“Operational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/operational. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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