Example sentences for: operating

How can you use “operating” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Originally, I intended to download the free version of the much-heralded operating system, but then I found out that it would take five hours and that the download doesn't come with instructions.

  • In the process of arresting two Serb officials indicted by a U.N.-administered war-crimes tribunal on the charge of operating concentration camps, the NATO peacekeepers killed one in a gun battle.

  • Little progress has been made in moving toward a more comprehensive reporting model that would include both financial information (financial statements and related disclosures) and nonfinancial information (such as high-level operating and performance measures used by management and forward-looking information about opportunities, risks, and management's plans).

  • Both the NYT and LAT make the point that the deal isn't about the operating system competition between the two companies, which Microsoft won long ago, but is about Microsoft's need to secure its business as the largest seller of programs for Macintosh computers (the NYT observes) and to bolster its position in Internet products (the LAT and Wall Street Journal observe.)

  • The school's 800 full- and part-time students provide, in fees and tuition, 49% of the school's annual operating budget.


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