RUNS ON Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

runs on

verb

present tense third-person singular of run on

as in chats

to engage in casual or rambling conversation we were just running on about how neither of us has aged a bit after all these years

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Relevance

as in remains

to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state allow the savings account to run on for now

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as in goes on

to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point she's very sweet, but she does tend to run on

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Recent Examples of runs on How Belief Fractures, Then Capacity Collapses Every organization runs on belief and capacity. —

Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026 Then in 2015, the FS Foundation rescued the vintage train and embarked on a meticulous restoration that balanced a return to the original design with the introduction of the necessary technology to operate on the electric tracks that Italy runs on today. —

Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026 That’s because modern AI runs on vast clusters of tens of thousands of heavy, power-hungry graphics processing units (GPUs) running continuous calculations to train, or run, AI models, not traditional consumer or enterprise applications. —

Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026 The incubator program takes 12 weeks and runs on Tuesday evenings from March 3 through May 19. —

Arkansas Online, 21 Jan. 2026 Gemini at the core The EX60 runs on a dual-chip setup combining NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8255 processors. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Jan. 2026 The generator, meanwhile, runs on gasoline, propane, or natural gas, and turns on automatically to keep the system humming. —

Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2026 At full capacity, Sierra-at-Tahoe spans 2,000 acres, with 14 lifts accessing 50 trails and 2,212 vertical feet of skiable terrain, where beginners can take lessons and make their first runs on gentle slopes. —

Mark Billingsley, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026 The 15-week program is designed for runners and walkers of all experience levels and includes a complete training schedule, in-person group runs on Wednesdays and Saturdays, cross-training opportunities and nutrition tips. —

Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Jan. 2026

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Host Mary Louise Kelly chats with national security correspondent Greg Myre and books and culture reporter Andrew Limbong about some of their favorite books and authors in the world of espionage fiction.

— December 29, NPR, 29 Dec. 2025
Jason Bateman chats with David Letterman at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles for a new episode of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.

— Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 21 Dec. 2025