How to Use operate in a Sentence

operate

verb

• The café is owned and operated by a young couple.
• The machine can operate at high speeds.
• It's the only casino operating in the state.
• They hope to have the windmill operating again tomorrow.
• The company operates from Chicago.
• The camera also operates underwater.
• The organization operates a recycling program.
• The brain’s stress network operates like a game of tug-of-war.
  — Haley Weiss, Time, 13 June 2023
• The company has an agreement with the city to operate the venue for the next few years.
  — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
• Its operating hours will be 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., and it will be held rain or shine.
  — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2023
• The device can also be set to operate as a fan that can push cooling air around a room.
  — Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2024
• The system has an instant on/off switch, a longer lifespan, and costs much less to operate.
  — Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2023
• Once fully charged, the spin scrubber can operate for up to 90 minutes at a time.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
• That ended a run of five years of Missouri operating at a deficit.
  — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2024
• Some objected to the fact that little is known about how Mesa Rock will operate.
  — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
• No pot farms or dispensaries have been allowed to operate in the state.
  — Ashley Okwuosa, The Examination; Amy Yurkanin, Al.com; John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
• The trade show has announced a return to its usual March slot and will operate as an in-person event for the first time in three years.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 13 Jan. 2023
• Hästens faced a £1.2 million ($1.5 million) operating loss in the U.K. that year.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 12 Jan. 2024
• Kids will love to take apart, build, and operate this bulldozer.
  — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 11 Jan. 2023
• Take note of the corporate name, which might differ from the brand under which the business operates.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• One twist of the fitting wheel, which requires one hand to operate, helps secure this brace against the back of your head for a more comfortable fit.
  — Matt Ng, Popular Mechanics, 12 Apr. 2023
• Militants now operate so close to the border that Israelis can see them with their bare eyes.
  — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• Customers can view this map, depending on the type of aircraft assigned to operate their flight, at the time of booking.
  — Angelika Pokovba, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2023
• In this mode, the vehicle operates in front-wheel drive, which, Motor1.com points out, is a first for a Lamborghini.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2024
• Yes, Epic Games Store is its own app, operating in a similar way as Steam.
  — Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2024
• The Coast Guard operates in small communities like Valdez, which doesn’t have a single year-round child care provider.
  — Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 24 June 2023
• The county had sought to gain control of the library board, which operates as a private nonprofit and has roots dating to 1799.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
• At the same time, many are also grappling with how to operate more sustainably.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2023
• But since many retail companies now operate in the black at various times of the year, this interpretation should be taken with a grain of salt, experts say.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024
• That means its retail locations and mail delivery services will operate as normal on Nov. 29.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024