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Discover LudwigThe phrase "operates like a" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when making a comparison between two things or when describing how something functions. Example: "The new computer software operates like a well-oiled machine, smoothly processing tasks and increasing productivity."
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Nature, he argued, operates like a computer.
The line operates like a vacuum cleaner.
It operates like a private members club.
But it hardly operates like a group in hiding.
Yet in many ways, Balthazar still operates like a factory.
It has six bedrooms, and operates like a normal ashram.
The object also has an eye, which operates like a pinhole or a peep show.
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It operates like an army, taking territory, creating a state.
"Mari Carmen operates like an armored tank," Mr. Camnitzer says.
Kirschbaum explained it operates like an X-ray.
This is all brilliant but operates like an ever-tauter rubber band.
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