How to Use "operative" with Example Sentences

1. Of course , the operative phrase here is " in theory . "

2. There has been a curious symmetry to the events of the past few weeks , one republican operative notes .

3. As if to prove it , pakistani authorities arrested an al-qaeda operative in karachi .

4. Her party talks grandly of a concept of " operative federalism " , meaning that states should get more control of public funds .

5. I enjoyed following myself down a street , as a dot on a map , for instance , but all I was really doing was being both cia operative and target in a tiny movie of my own life .