How to Use automated in a Sentence

automated

adjective
  • One way to spot a bot is if an account tweets round the clock or if the replies feel automated.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 May 2022
  • The system sends texts and emails and makes automated phone calls.
    Savannaheadens, oregonlive, 2 June 2023
  • Wendy's is not the first fast-food chain to turn to automated processes.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 10 May 2023
  • Before automated lights, the range lights had a full-time tender to keep the lights burning.
    Daniel Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2020
  • The driver’s hands weren’t detected on the wheel for about one-third of the drive and the car twice issued automated warnings to him.
    Ryan Beene, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2020
  • The sign on the SurfUp automated rack boils it down further: scan, surf, shaka.
    Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The company then sent her an automated email saying that the page would be removed in 7-9 days.
    Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 28 Mar. 2020
  • But an automated voice announced slots were full and instructed her to wait on hold again.
    Katheryn Houghton, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2023
  • To keep automated cars, buses, and trucks safe, the precise time that these vehicles operate is of the essence.
    Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The automated strike zone, also known as robo-umps, is probably on deck.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2023
  • And according to recent reports, that process has become more automated than in the past.
    Craig Idlebrook, STAT, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The best way to streamline this process is to provide automated status updates and make the review process more transparent.
    Mohak Nahta, Forbes, 19 July 2022
  • In the back, an automated keyboard controls 12 screens whose imagery changes more slowly than in the principal gallery.
    Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The automated station at the Punta Gorda Airport measured a gust of 109 mph just before 8 p.m.
    Orlando Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2022
  • That was followed by an automated spacecraft with food and fuel.
    Fox News, 5 July 2021
  • In response to a request for comment on the lawsuit, Twitter sent CNN an automated poop emoji.
    Larry Madowo, CNN, 17 July 2023
  • All reporters now get that automated response to all press inquires.
    Matt Novak, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
  • For the past year, the authority tweaked the loaner program to be more automated and seamless, getting rid of the kiosk and setting up a vending machine in the airport’s rental-car hall.
    Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 1 July 2021
  • So instead of just the automated way of analyzing the question and answering stuff.
    IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2021
  • This bill would require most cities and counties to adopt automated online permitting, most likely though a tool called SolarAPP+.
    Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2022
  • In Georgia, the firm built two of Frito-Lay’s largest warehouses complete with automated storage and retrieval systems.
    Dallas News, 3 May 2022
  • An automated process separates two units of RBCs (versus the single unit harvested in whole blood donation), and the plasma and platelets are returned to you.
    Outside Online, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Before coming to the emergency room, Sutter patients are asked to call a hotline to be assessed by a nurse or an automated system designed to screen for symptoms of the virus.
    Jenny Gold | Kaiser Health News, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Employees can also take an automated health and symptom questionnaire to ensure that no one comes into the office with a fever or has traveled in the last 14 days.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • And although the option to add automated captions to videos was a big win for disabled creators, the voice recognition software still leaves people behind.
    Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 29 July 2021
  • The creaky old system cannot make automated adjustments to process claims for many new workers and cannot be easily adapted to process last month’s changes in the benefits program.
    Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 21 Apr. 2020
  • However, the outlet noted that the site now displays a captcha, which is most likely an attempt to stop automated submissions.
    Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Those things happen to show up on Saturday’s because it’s become automated for him.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 28 Oct. 2021
  • But the practice is gaining traction again as job screenings become more automated.
    Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
  • An automated, retractable cover helps the heated pool retain its warmth.
    Beth Decarbo, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022

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