How to Use operational in a Sentence

operational

adjective
  • The new airport should be fully operational by next year.
  • The computer network is now operational.
  • Besides the three on the Black Sea, three on the Danube are operational.
    Ana Swanson, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2023
  • There will be TVs in the tent and the outdoor bar will be fully operational.
    Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2022
  • It’s expected to be operational before the end of the year.
    Chris Morris, Fortune Europe, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Only three of 10 of their boats were operational, and none were high-speed.
    Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The food crisis comes on top of the operational challenges that are waiting other on the side.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The hub will be operational by the second quarter of 2023.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The Bowling Green box had been operational for less than two months.
    CBS News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The school was operational until 1971, when the school board decided to close it.
    Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The company now has a limit of fifty operational A.V.s during the day, and a hundred and fifty at night.
    Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
  • And sometimes those are the hard jobs, sometimes those are operational jobs.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
  • One year into the war, against all the odds, Ukraine’s helicopter brigades are still operational.
    Carlotta Gall Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Kids use the drill to build the recycling truck, which, when completed, has an operational lift arm.
    Erica Puisis, Parents, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The Tata takeover hasn’t fixed the operational issues either.
    Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The wastewater treatment plant was wrecked and no longer operational.
    Silvia Foster-Frau, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • This was the first collapse of a wind turbine on a Wisconsin wind farm since the first one became operational in 1999.
    Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2023
  • This was the third flight of the expendable H3 rocket, and the first launch that Japan's space agency considered to be operational.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 5 July 2024
  • The donation drop-off, located on the back side of the building, will be operational once the retail space opens.
    The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Arkansas does not have an operational wind turbine farm, but three are in the works.
    Alex Golden, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The production version will have Wi-Fi, but the router wasn't operational in the prototype.
    Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Elk Groves sees $249 million overall benefit in the first five years the zoo is operational.
    Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 8 May 2024
  • The ports said the operational solutions have already helped decrease both wait times and the number of ships waiting.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 2 July 2024
  • The police department has been understaffed for two years but the city manager hopes the new hire will help keep the city’s jail open and operational.
    Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2023
  • Key to this work reimagining the district is taking a hard look at our staffing structure and operational costs.
    Kyla Johnson-Trammell, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • In 2024, this digital twin of the ocean will become operational.
    Helen Czerski, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The full constellation of—most likely—four satellites would be operational by the end of 2030.
    WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The operational side of the project is reportedly led by Zachary Folkman and Chase Herro.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 5 Sep. 2024
  • While the blockade has led to a shortage of parts needed to keep some fishing boats operational, the annual catch has varied from year to year.
    New York Times, 2 Dec. 2022
  • These updates aim to extend the operational life of the 61-year-old dam, which is a cornerstone of water management in the Colorado River Basin.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024

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