operator
noun
a person who operates a machine, apparatus, or the like.
operators
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pluralof operator.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The robots arrived accompanied by Ted Pinkerton, a founding engineer at Tau, who communicated with Bolo and Sergey’s human operators through a Bluetooth earpiece.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Peter is one of the most effective at-scale operators in the entertainment industry,” Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
"If we genuinely want to improve mobile connectivity, we need a system that encourages co-operation between landowners and operators, rather than driving them further apart," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
AI is already being used to make electricity grids more efficient in complex energy systems, helping operators manage the variability of solar and wind power.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
In the pitch-black of the control rooms, some of the operators wondered what they were doing there.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
