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as in missions
a specific task with which a person or group is charged
a secret operation which, if it is discovered, the government will deny any knowledge of
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2
as in processes
a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result
a specific mathematical operation is required in order to get the correct answer
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as in managements
the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something
given the constant threat of robbery, the operation of a convenience store can be quite stressful
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as in applications
the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose
a considerable amount of training is required for the operation of these new high-tech weapons systems
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Recent Examples of operations
The last-place Angels appointed former Cardinals GM John Mozeliak to be their interim general manager and baseball operations consultant on Friday.
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Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
For employers building out their presence in the space economy, this means continually competing for the select pool of workers who possess the skillsets needed to sustain current operations and long-term growth.
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Paxton Honerkamp,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
Ryan West's CodexWest exemplifies how solopreneurs leverage technology, using AI for business operations like policy drafting and contractor identification, but not for confidential forensic work.
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Elaine Pofeldt,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
That was a brand new Citi Field anthem in honor of one of the great Mets in history, kicked to the curb by Cohen’s head of baseball operations, who really had wanted to get rid of Alonso a year earlier.
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Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
27 June 2026
Its staff and core operations have been transferred to other departments).
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Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2026
But the data center developer wants to expand its operations in Charlotte.
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Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
27 June 2026
Part of it may have been because Isaac was Jeff Weltman’s very first draft pick after taking over basketball operations.
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Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
Firefighters remain largely limited to exterior operations due to safety concerns inside the building, continuing to pour water onto the structure and targeting hotspots.
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James Ward,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
For employers building out their presence in the space economy, this means continually competing for the select pool of workers who possess the skillsets needed to sustain current operations and long-term growth.
—
Paxton Honerkamp,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
Ryan West's CodexWest exemplifies how solopreneurs leverage technology, using AI for business operations like policy drafting and contractor identification, but not for confidential forensic work.
—
Elaine Pofeldt,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
That was a brand new Citi Field anthem in honor of one of the great Mets in history, kicked to the curb by Cohen’s head of baseball operations, who really had wanted to get rid of Alonso a year earlier.
—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
27 June 2026
Its staff and core operations have been transferred to other departments).
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Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2026
But the data center developer wants to expand its operations in Charlotte.
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Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
27 June 2026
Part of it may have been because Isaac was Jeff Weltman’s very first draft pick after taking over basketball operations.
—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
Firefighters remain largely limited to exterior operations due to safety concerns inside the building, continuing to pour water onto the structure and targeting hotspots.
—
James Ward,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for operations
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SpaceX has launched 75 Falcon 9 missions so far in 2026.
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The unprecedented venture, NASA leaders say, would also test a new capability that could be used on other future missions.
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Unlike those innovations, AI uniquely engages in cognitive processes such as analysis, content creation, and decision-making, fundamentally altering the nature of work itself.
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An introductory section designed by Studio Adrien Gardère will spotlight the savoir-faire of Le19M’s 11 resident maisons d’art, focusing on the gestures, tools, materials and creative processes that define them.
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These are different eras, and the respective managements are no longer the same, but something about this feels off.
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Information about Spirit’s plans was equally scarce among managements of airports the airline serves.
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Technology companies are rapidly purchasing high-performance graphics processing units (GPUs) and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) to power massive commercial large language models and applications to serve their end-users.
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Presidio will remain an Official Technology Innovation Partner of the NHL and continue to address the league’s technological infrastructure, integrating data, designing and creating applications to support the broadcast of more than 1,300 games annually.
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Yet despite those struggles, South Africa, one of Africa’s leading industrial economies, remains a destination for migrants willing to take low-paying jobs in domestic work, security and agriculture.
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The global healthcare firm gets platinum ratings for such jobs as clinical research coordinator and manufacturing engineer.
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In Taiwan, the university where a prospective student was caught cheating is now reviewing rules and standard operating procedures for AI eyewears during examinations.
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The deal, the fruit of months of negotiations, takes aim at the lucrative way doctors can charge for procedures on patients referred to them by personal injury lawyers.
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Export controls have blocked Huawei and China’s leading chipmakers from access to extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tools and leading-edge foundry capacity around which the frontier semiconductor roadmap is organized.
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Anthropic had objected to the government’s decision to impose export controls in a blog post announcing that the two systems had been disabled.
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The most common uses of cloud seeding are to increase precipitation or suppress hail, usually by adding tiny particles of silver iodide, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Files, buffers, cuticle tools and even gel systems can last for months or years with proper care, which means the math tilts in favor of DIY after just a few uses.
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“Operations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/operations. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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