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
The chip sends data to the video assistant referee, or VAR, system and the tournament’s semi-automated offside system.
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John Eric Goff, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
If correcting automated categories feels frustrating, manual budgeting may be a better fit.
—Nick Perry, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Today the precision of offside decisions can be augmented with the use of technologies such as video assistant referee (VAR) with semi-automated offside technology (SAOT), which help reduce controversial calls.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026
By supporting predictive analytics, real-time monitoring, computer vision and automated reporting, AI can help improve response times, oversight and compliance accuracy.
—Mediawave, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
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John Eric Goff, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
If correcting automated categories feels frustrating, manual budgeting may be a better fit.
—Nick Perry, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Today the precision of offside decisions can be augmented with the use of technologies such as video assistant referee (VAR) with semi-automated offside technology (SAOT), which help reduce controversial calls.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026
By supporting predictive analytics, real-time monitoring, computer vision and automated reporting, AI can help improve response times, oversight and compliance accuracy.
—Mediawave, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for automated
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Razeen Road finally jogs east, and an automatic gate opens to allow drivers onto an unpaved road leading deeper into the desert.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Furthermore, discovery networks like Podchaser index over 150,000 podcasts, and most top-tier podcast hosting sites now include automatic transcripts for creators as a standard feature.—
Frank Racioppi,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Blue Origin is gearing up to send a robotic prototype of the vehicle, called Blue Moon Mark 1, to the lunar surface later this year, to demonstrate the vehicle’s capabilities.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
29 May 2026
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Three days ago, Blue Origin also won a major contract to carry two robotic landers to the moon for NASA on missions scheduled to launch later this year.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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“Automated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automated. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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