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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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 Alongside its recycled design ethos, the hotel runs on solar power, uses its own water wells, composts, and aims to be as self-sufficient as possible. —

Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026 Instead of relying on traditional fossil fuels, the system runs on vegetable oil biofuel, a low-emission alternative that school officials say could be scaled across the city. —

Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026 The market runs on Tuesday evenings in the summer from June to September. —

Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026 That distinction captures the precarious foundation of today’s AI economy, which runs on venture-capital FOMO, not paying customers. —

Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 3 Feb. 2026 The robot runs on UnifoLM, Unitree’s proprietary unified large model for robotics, and supports reinforcement learning for motion control and task execution. —

Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026 How Belief Fractures, Then Capacity Collapses Every organization runs on belief and capacity. —

Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 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

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Jarrett frequently appears in her videos, including sit-down Q&A chats the couple films together.

— Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
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