operate
verb (used without object)
to work, perform, or function, as a machine does.
am operating
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present progressiveof operate (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"I am operating with due regard to the rights and duties of all states."
From Reuters ● May 24, 2022
“But I will not run away while I am operating on a patient. It is not a crime for a doctor to treat patients.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
“Exercising these rights is guaranteed by international law and I am operating with due regard to the rights and duties of all states,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2022
In exercising these rights as guaranteed by international law, I am operating with due regard to the right and duties of all states.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2015
"I am ready, sir," said he; "but whilst I am operating, you must hold the head of the corpse: your charge demands it."
From The Paris Sketch Book by William Makepeace Thackeray
