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
• That could be because rate hikes operate with a lag that is hard to parse.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2022
• 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
• Croyle said Big Oak needs donors to come alongside the nonprofit to help operate their homes.
  — al, 4 Dec. 2022
• 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
• That allows the lagoon on most days to operate as normal.
  — Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2022
• Not a star on the team who changes things the way Aidan Hutchinson did last year, but enough talent and speed across all units to operate as a dominant group.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2022
• As of June, Cruise was operating fleets in Dallas and Houston as well.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
• Rural states say some charging stations could operate at a loss for a decade or more.
  — Jennifer Hiller, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
• 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
• When his father died, Carter returned home to his family farm and also operated a seed and farm supply company in Plains.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
• When Van Hoogstraten needed to step back from operating the forum in 2014, France agreed to acquire it, still insisting on sustaining the autonomy for which it was founded.
  — Lilian Raji, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 25 Jan 2025