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 According to Social Security's 1-800 automated system, average wait time for approval of disability benefits is 200 to 230 days, which is on par with the Biden years. Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 7 May 2025 The bottom line: Why personal data removal services win the privacy battle After testing both manual opt-outs and automated services, using a personal data removal service emerges as the clear solution for reclaiming your data. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025 Whenever the neuron gets the wrong answer, an automated algorithm tweaks the neuron’s parameters slightly, in a direction that moves the boundary closer to the incorrect point. Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025 Enhancing interactions: Generative AI models can support automated interactions, including personalized responses to customer complaints. Forrester, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for automated
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  • These teams include 29 conference champions who receive automatic berths and 35 at-large teams selected by the NCAA DI Baseball Committee.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • Almost a month later, on June 1, the spacecraft was less than four minutes away from liftoff when the ground launch sequencer — the computer that launches the rocket — triggered an automatic hold.
    Jillian Frankel, People.com, 6 June 2025
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  • Tianwen 2 marks another step forward in China's ever-advancing, ever-ambitious robotic exploration program.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 May 2025
  • Though he’s filmed hundreds of interviews, Evans still looks a touch robotic on camera.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 May 2025

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“Automated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automated. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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