Example Sentences

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While operating revenue increased by 5%, operating expenses increased by 11%, which — combined with nonoperating investment losses — resulted in a total loss of about 13%.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2022

“We’d like our turbines to be able to handle higher than 253-kilometer-per-hour winds” in nonoperating conditions.

From Scientific American • Jun. 26, 2017

That makes the crawl space under the altar a “historic nonoperating cemetery,” meaning the body has to stay there with the building.

From Washington Times • Feb. 6, 2016

Though the loss is partly tied to legal costs, Goldman Sachs said underlying trends at Deutsche Bank look weak even excluding nonoperating charges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2016

U.E.C. hasn’t drilled a well of its own since 1998, but today it holds a nonoperating interest in close to 2,000 oil and gas wells.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2013