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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Adjective
  • Starting October 12, the European Union is rolling out a new automated Entry/Exit System (EES).
    Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • For Nio, this surge underlines the value of its fast, automated swap system, capable of changing a depleted battery in under three minutes.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The criminal complaint, though, does not mention a semi-automatic weapon or that Martinez was armed.
    Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Turn on automatic updates so you're always protected without having to think about it.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Self-acting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-acting. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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