SELF-OPERATING Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

self-operating

adjective

ˌself-ˈä-pə-ˌrā-tiŋ

Definition of self-operating

as in automated

designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor vehicular access to the building complex is controlled by a self-operating gate opener

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Recent Examples of self-operating In March 2024, Cognition Labs’ Devin, the self-operating software engineer, grabbed headlines as a proof-of-concept for what agentic AI could be. — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025 Food and Nutrition Services runs a self-operating budget within the school district and does not receive money from the district’s general fund. — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025 Autonomous Material Transport Progress in autonomous material transport has refined manufacturing processes, as drones and self-operating vehicles now efficiently move goods. — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 Walk into the Anna Hiss Gymnasium at the University of Texas, and an autonomous, or self-operating, robot might just pass by you. — Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for self-operating

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The attention generated by this AI management experiment was among the reasons California lawmakers moved to restrict automated workplace decisions.

— Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2026
Human attention varies with fatigue and lighting, whereas automated visual inspection applies the same standard to every vehicle, every time, catching a category of defects that a routine glance may overlook.

— Amir Hever, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of automated

Adjective

Security Accounting software contains sensitive financial information, so only consider a platform with strong security measures like encryption, secure bank connections, authentication and automatic data backups.

— Carson Brunson, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
District title races rev up Friday night with 14 of the Sentinel Super 16 teams playing games that count in the chase for automatic state playoff berths.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of automatic

Adjective

Solo will first fly on the DeepSpace-2 mission, which will launch on the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket slated to send Intuitive Machines' third robotic lunar lander toward the moon later this year.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026
The Canadian Space Agency was on the hook to build a robotic arm for the Gateway outpost, improving on the Canadian robotics systems used on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026

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