as in operating
being in effective operation
a fully operational oil refinery
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Recent Examples of operational
While Disney gained full operational control of Hulu, the agreement preserved Comcast’s one-third financial position pending the outcome of negotiations over the final price.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 June 2025
Elevate—which is owned by Velocity, the San Francisco 49ers, Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment and concessionaire Levy—will provide strategic and operational consulting as part of lending packages.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 9 June 2025
The observatory, due to become operational in 2025, is set to scan the sky for 10 years.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 June 2025
The first was in late April, when the Green Terrace Condominium Association filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which is designed to allow filers to reorganize their finances under court supervision while remaining operational.
—Michael L. Hyman, Miami Herald, 7 June 2025
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 June 2025
Elevate—which is owned by Velocity, the San Francisco 49ers, Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment and concessionaire Levy—will provide strategic and operational consulting as part of lending packages.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 9 June 2025
The observatory, due to become operational in 2025, is set to scan the sky for 10 years.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 June 2025
The first was in late April, when the Green Terrace Condominium Association filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which is designed to allow filers to reorganize their finances under court supervision while remaining operational.
—Michael L. Hyman, Miami Herald, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for operational
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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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Now that this uncomfortable reality is finally out in the open, though, the operative question becomes: what is Macron's France, and the rest of Europe, actually prepared to do about it?—
Ilan Berman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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Aviation is a domain where the operative metaphor of the show—that life is amenable to simulation—can be fully literalized.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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“Operational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/operational. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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