How to Use operator in a Sentence

operator

noun
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  • Call the operator for the phone number.
  • She's quite an operator—no one else could have gotten them all to agree to the project.
  • Operator, please connect me with extension 123.
  • The 911 operator told the teen that help was on the way, the suit states.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • This means that operators will not have to maintain sight of the drones.
    — April Roach, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The operator of the food truck did not want to comment on the proposal.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Cruise operator Carnival had the strongest week of the names that made the list with a gain of more than 13%.
    — Brian Evans, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The costs have led to tensions between the company and operators in the past.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Typically, a drone has to be in the line of sight of its operator.
    — Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Most recently, a TriMet operator was stabbed at the end of her route on March 13.
    — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • What did all this mean for cinema operator stocks in the past year?
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Regions on the Texas map were based on the state grid operator’s list of counties within each of the grid’s weather zones.
    — Gabriel J.x. Dance Zach Levitt, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The owner of the island, meanwhile, failed to make sure the operators had examined the risks properly, the judge added.
    — Chris Lau, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The county and the operators arranged a new concessions agreement, which could run for up to two years.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Pellot had told the 911 operator his wife may have taken some pills.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Such programs are licensed by the state and operators can care for up to 14 children at a time, sometimes some as young as 2 weeks old.
    — Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
  • The fate of the others is not certain, with landlords looking for new operators.
    — Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 1 July 2024
  • The two special forces operators were climbing on a ladder to board a vessel while on a mission in the Gulf of Aden when high waves knocked one into the sea.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The project also calls for the operator stations to be updated.
    — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The first was to the White House operator, who put him in touch with the Marine major on Hendrickson’s personal staff.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Neither the owners nor the operators could be reached for comment.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2023
  • Even if the power equipment is in place, data center operators still need to wait for them to be connected to the grid.
    — Grace Shao, Fortune Asia, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Thus, in practical terms, here in the U.S., no space launch operator would be allowed to do what the operators of the Titan did.
    — Rick N. Tumlinson, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2024
  • That day, a machine operator was preparing to level 160 acres for the planting season when the dirt was swept by gusts of wind.
    — The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The coffee shop and music venue will be getting new operators who plan to beef up Semilla’s breakfast and lunch menu, with a pledge to be open the hours that are listed on the web.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2024
  • Police have obtained a warrant for his arrest for felony hit-and-run, speed to elude and no operator's license.
    — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The 10 Freeway fire destroyed the livelihoods of more than a dozen small business operators, most of them immigrants.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Beth Monroe of Huntsville will be the owner/operator of the Scottsboro location.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Investors will look for signs of a turnaround from the struggling pharmacy operator.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The weather was also affecting train and metro services accessing the airport, the operator said.
    — Atika Shubert, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024

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