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
These digital platforms provide the computing capacity for automated driving and infotainment functions, as well as basic car functions, such as climate control and comfort features.
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 5 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
Reducing wind energy costs The system uses a small number of unique parts that can be mass-produced at lower cost, enabling fast, automated scaling.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 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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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 5 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
Reducing wind energy costs The system uses a small number of unique parts that can be mass-produced at lower cost, enabling fast, automated scaling.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 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
Adjective
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The Idaho Transportation Department uses automatic traffic counters along the highway to calculate the average number of vehicles each day.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Sep. 2025
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Customers who do not qualify for the automatic payouts will have to wait until after the first payout.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Not robotic or clinical or foreign.—
Gary Greenberg,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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Dextre – aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to demonstrate satellite refueling in orbit by robotic means.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Automated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automated. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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