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operation

[op-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌɒp əˈreɪ ʃən /


NOUN
surgical procedure
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For the remote operation control of the dozer, Caterpillar and WM built a Wi-Fi network at the landfill with portable towers that connect the dozer to the command trailer with the operator.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

Team Griffin, she says, is a very bare-bones operation.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

For the first eight years, he was a one-man operation working out of his backyard He began handing off the seedlings to others.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

On a recent Thursday he was inside a black cage stuffed with yellow wires checking a cross-connect cable that links one customer’s operation to another’s.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

A hollow space under the stairs and some haphazard friendships were not an operation.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

If the guy trying to revive the Expos as an expansion team succeeds, Evans is his choice for president of baseball operations.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

There are no logos or company names, though, since competitors have operations running side-by-side.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

Pattison is now head of operations for Tierco Healthcare, a company that designs specialists seats for hospitals and care facilities.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

AI is accelerating the growth and complexity of data centres, but for operations at the command centre, humans remain indispensable, said Terence Tang, head of the Asia Pacific global command centre.

From Barron's

Following standard procedure for covert operations, Barker had held back key information until the last moment.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin