as in automatic
designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor
an automated facility in which you can get your car washed without having encountered a single human being
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Recent Examples of automated
Together, these tools replace manual communication with seamless, automated workflows.
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Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Run parallel legal and engineering workstreams, integrate automated compliance checks into CI/CD, and leverage iterative release cycles to sustain development velocity while ensuring adherence to multijurisdictional insurance regulations without bottlenecks or delays.
—Harneet Kalra, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Smart switches, automated zones, and apps can ensure that homeowners can schedule lights to dim or turn off, rather than relying on memory.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
Key Investment Group sued the FTC in July to block its investigation, saying that its ticket purchases did not use automated software, or bots, and did not violate the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
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Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Run parallel legal and engineering workstreams, integrate automated compliance checks into CI/CD, and leverage iterative release cycles to sustain development velocity while ensuring adherence to multijurisdictional insurance regulations without bottlenecks or delays.
—Harneet Kalra, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Smart switches, automated zones, and apps can ensure that homeowners can schedule lights to dim or turn off, rather than relying on memory.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
Key Investment Group sued the FTC in July to block its investigation, saying that its ticket purchases did not use automated software, or bots, and did not violate the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for automated
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One of the smartest things the subgroup of three commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick did in concocting a 12-team CFP format was to grant automatic playoff berths to the top six conference champions (later five after the Pac-12’s collapse).—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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The days of securing big automatic rate increases with every new cable carriage deal are long over.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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The company has announced plans to expand its lineup, aiming to introduce several additional robotic platforms by the end of the year.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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For now, there’s broad agreement that AI is nowhere near taking away the jobs of technicians, at least not until robotic technology significantly advances.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Automated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automated. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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