How to Use auto in a Sentence
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My pool doesn't have an auto fill.
—Anna McAllister, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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What does this mean for auto loans?
—Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
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Is auto start-stop bad for your car?
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
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Healthy beat on core auto margin and cash.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
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But the delay hurts more than just the big-name auto brands.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 29 Dec. 2025
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Years later, my wife and I went to an auto show.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
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Many auto parts stores take old oil and will recycle it for free.
—Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
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Is Polestar the first of many auto brands to leave the market?
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 14 July 2026
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What does the auto industry gain in any of this?
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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Call around to local auto shops to find one that accepts old gas.
—Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
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Over time, some relief shows up on mortgage, auto loan and card rates.
—Staff Reports, USA Today, 7 June 2026
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 23 Sep. 2025
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
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To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
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All that torque is delivered through an 8-speed semi-auto gearbox.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
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Those in the coldest climates may want to purchase a battery warmer, available at most auto parts stores or online.
—David Muller, Car and Driver, 5 Jan. 2018
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To fill that position, our semi-auto sniper rifle has been given some new upgrades.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 May 2021
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Their version of the 3½, all-load semi-auto uses a series of seven ports in the chamber.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 23 Dec. 2020
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Auto stop-start can shut down the engine from speeds as high as 14 mph and now uses the camera to read the car’s surroundings.
—Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 12 July 2017
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More often than not, that shotgun is a semi-auto, chosen for functionality and for quick follow-up shots.
—Savage Arms, Field & Stream, 30 July 2020
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With a large 10-round magazine, strong muzzle break, and semi-auto action, shooters can take quick follow-up shots.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
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Records also showed Harris had called a handful of auto glass repair shops and had searched online for car covers, according to the complaint.
—Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2017
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Non-auto industries with a more sophisticated supply chain managed to handle the crisis better.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 1 June 2021
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Auto demand in China has been cooling since Beijing raised a sales tax on small-engine vehicles at the start of the year, putting off drivers from buying cars.
—Kelvin Chan, Fox News, 11 May 2017
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What, at first glance looks like a trim semi-auto pistol is really my Smith & Wesson Straight Line target pistol.
—The Editors, Field & Stream, 23 Feb. 2021
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The officer took possession of a Colt semi-auto gun and an Iver Johnson Arms revolver.
—John Benson, cleveland, 5 May 2021
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Auto hauler and logistics provider Jack Cooper has reached a deal with bondholders to restructure more than $400 million in debt.
—Paul Page, WSJ, 20 June 2017
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The criticism from cyclists is striking, because bike and transit groups are usually closely allied in arguing for better conditions for non-auto transportation.
—Adam Vaccaro, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2020
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The basic design, however, has changed little from the original, which used a then-unique 10-round rotary magazine to feed a reliable blowback semi-auto action.
—Mike Dickerson, Field & Stream, 19 Aug. 2020
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Further coverage of the ex-auto executive, selected by WSJ editors.
—Sean McLain, WSJ, 19 July 2021
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