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automatics

noun

plural of automatic

as in carbines

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Recent Examples of automatics An exceptionally broad transmission lineup consists of the manual, six- and seven-speed dual-clutch automatics, an eight-speed automatic and a continuously variable automatic. — Mark Phelan, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025

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muskets

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There were about sixty of them aboard the Cuyahoga Packet, and they were armed with swords and muskets.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
Back then, students halted studies to pick up rifles, muskets, and bayonets.

— Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2026

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