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as in mission
a specific task with which a person or group is charged
a secret operation which, if it is discovered, the government will deny any knowledge of
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as in process
a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result
a specific mathematical operation is required in order to get the correct answer
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as in management
the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something
given the constant threat of robbery, the operation of a convenience store can be quite stressful
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as in use
the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose
a considerable amount of training is required for the operation of these new high-tech weapons systems
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While most of these hotels expended their purpose by the time the women’s liberation and Civil Rights movements took hold in the 1960s and ’70s, and were converted into all-gender apartment buildings or demolished, some were still in operation into the 21st century.
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Scarlett Harris, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
What’s unknown: Businesses don’t operate in a vacuum, so if operations dwindle or grind to a halt without their workers, that will ripple through to other firms.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Rifi told me the car bombing was a joint operation by Hezbollah and Syrian intelligence, and it was intended to kill him.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
Earlier this year, the Missouri Legislature passed laws prohibiting the operation of three sludge lagoons in Newton, McDonald and Randolph counties.
—Randal Seyler, arkansasonline.com, 19 Oct. 2024
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Scarlett Harris, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
What’s unknown: Businesses don’t operate in a vacuum, so if operations dwindle or grind to a halt without their workers, that will ripple through to other firms.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Rifi told me the car bombing was a joint operation by Hezbollah and Syrian intelligence, and it was intended to kill him.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
Earlier this year, the Missouri Legislature passed laws prohibiting the operation of three sludge lagoons in Newton, McDonald and Randolph counties.
—Randal Seyler, arkansasonline.com, 19 Oct. 2024
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The tech portends big things for missions to Mars and elsewhere.TIME, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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In an ongoing mission to redefine the intersection of music and sports, Amazon Music Live revealed two exciting and multinational artists for its third season.Jeff Benjamin, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Although the manufacturing sector has been traditionally slow to adopt new tech, Hadrian, an industrial automation startup, is all about speeding up the process.Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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The 20-year-old became cancer-free in July after four rounds of chemo and documented the process on her YouTube channel.Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 29 Oct. 2024
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With proper change management and improved hospitality, enabling choice between diverse (unassigned) office settings can offset the hassles of finding a seat.Phil Kirschner, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Democrats pushed back on limiting groundwater conservation goals and restricting the designation of rural groundwater management areas to the Hualapai, Willcox, and Gila Bend basins only.Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 24 Oct. 2024
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The use of generative artificial intelligence in advertising has been a subject of huge controversy.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
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However, the use of AI in cybersecurity has generated both optimism and skepticism among stakeholders and these decisions come with pros and cons.Earl Carr, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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But labor unions worry that driving jobs might be lost to the technology.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Some changes include updates to job titles and city spending processes.Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
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By Jamie Ducharme October 30, 2024 7:16 AM EDT Five years ago, John Cho’s father became paralyzed after a medical procedure went wrong, leaving him with few ways to exercise.Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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Using a procedure that delivers medicine into the bone marrow, the medical team gave Brigland a starting dose of the antivenom Anavip.Jackie Fortiér, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2024
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The country that likely has the most influence over Russia’s handling of its nuclear arsenal is China.William M. Moon, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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Before Trump took the stage, Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib and Dearborn Heights Bill Bazzi each spoke, a nod to the Trump campaign’s appeals to Arab American and Muslim voters frustrated with President Joe Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza.Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
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Wesolowski said when the label printing isn’t delayed by the state’s server, South Milwaukee can process applications and print the labels in less than a minute.Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
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If exploited this could allow hackers to access system memory outside the set parameters, prompting application or system crashes.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Operation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/operation. Accessed 12 Nov. 2024.
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