as in automated
designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor
self-acting machines that were ushered in with the industrial revolution
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Today styling itself as an automated end-user computing management platform, the company is currently at iteration version number 7.0 for Nerdio Manager for Enterprise.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025 -
Advocates say automated plans could introduce millions of lower-income Americans to retirement savings.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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This opens up the possibility of Wycombe either clinching automatic promotion before their two rivals play, or the door being prised open for either Wrexham or Charlton to nip through and set up a nerve-wracking final day.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Congress tried to address this issue by passing the Child Citizenship Act in 2000, which grants automatic citizenship to international adoptees.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Self-acting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-acting. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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