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• a  pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result
  operational difficulties
  they assumed their operational positions
• s  fit or ready for use or service
  an operational aircraft
• a  (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations
• s  being in effect or operation
  de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new' African nations"- Leslie Marmon Silko

• Dugan, a West Point graduate, talked in considerable detail about classified operational plans, including the use of Saudi bases for American B-52 flights in wartime and training .
• Questions about the operational specifics of the NSA program bounced off Gonzales all day"what happens to the data?", "how long is it retained?"none of which Gonzales would .
• Although every teacher in training memorizes Piaget's four stages of childhood development (sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational), the better part .

• functional
• usable
• useable
• operable
• in operation
• operating

• nonoperational

News & Articles

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• CDN Operational, Account and Content Vertical Analytics 2012 - 2015
  NEW YORK, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: CDN Operational, Account and Content Vertical Analytics 2012 - 2015 http://www.reportlinker.com/p01277451/CDN-Operational-Account-and-Content-Vertical-Analytics-2012---2015.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Accounting_and_Corporate_Finance ...
  June 13, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Southern Pacific Provides May Operational Update: Successful High Pressure Steam Stimulation Test at STP-McKay
  Southern Pacific Resource Corp. today provided an operational update for the month of May, 2013 with respect to the Company's STP-McKay and STP-Senlac Thermal Projects.
  June 13, 2013 - Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance
• Largo Resources provides operational update
  Largo Resources provides operational update
  June 13, 2013 - CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in CNN
  I think capturing or killing bin Laden is a critical aspect of stamping out al Qaeda,Obama said. "He is not just a symbol, he's also the operational leader of an organization that is planning attacks against US targets."
• President Bush in Seattle Times
  This exemption will enable the Navy to train effectively and to certify carrier and expeditionary strike groups for deployment in support of worldwide operational and combat activities, which are essential to national security,Bush said.
• Mohammad Mohammadi in Washington Post
  This new facility, God willing, will become operational soon and will blind the eyes of the enemies,Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani told the semi-official Fars news agency.