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Recent Examples of automatically
The club signed world-class players in key positions to automatically make the squad stronger.
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James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Or toggle the switch to Night Mode, and the light will come on automatically whenever its sensor detects night has fallen.
—Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
The contracts, which all 50 states have long had versions of, allowed Maine to automatically report births and deaths to Social Security.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Regulators are responsible for establishing a robust rationale for rejection; if not, the application is granted automatically.
—Nick Sargen, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Kephart doesn’t envision sponsors offering two target-date funds, one just public assets and one that includes alternatives, which means the participant may be automatically defaulted to a fund that has alternatives.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a USA Today editor.
—Jay Cannon, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Credits will be automatically applied to upcoming PG&E bills for electricity used in August.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Wisconsin editor.
—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 7 Sep. 2025
James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Or toggle the switch to Night Mode, and the light will come on automatically whenever its sensor detects night has fallen.
—Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
The contracts, which all 50 states have long had versions of, allowed Maine to automatically report births and deaths to Social Security.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Regulators are responsible for establishing a robust rationale for rejection; if not, the application is granted automatically.
—Nick Sargen, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Kephart doesn’t envision sponsors offering two target-date funds, one just public assets and one that includes alternatives, which means the participant may be automatically defaulted to a fund that has alternatives.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a USA Today editor.
—Jay Cannon, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Credits will be automatically applied to upcoming PG&E bills for electricity used in August.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Wisconsin editor.
—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for automatically
Adverb
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Opponents of the idea see a hand on the scale and a new label on a socialist effort to redistribute wealth and opportunity randomly and haphazardly without a thought as to possible consequences.—
John Scott Lewinski,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Those are potentially fascinating conflicts, explored haphazardly.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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But there’s a tendency to do things impulsively, too quickly, without planning.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
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His nemesis, who impulsively decides to run against him, is the town’s sheriff, Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix), who is skeptical of masking.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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He was convicted in October 2022 on six counts first-degree intentional homicide, 61 counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, six counts of hit and run involving death and two counts of bail jumping, all felonies, plus one count of misdemeanor battery.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Huger was ultimately charged with a DUI and DWI, negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Automatically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automatically. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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