as in automated
designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor
a self-regulating thermostat runs the home's heating and cooling system
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Like the power looms, automated threshers, and robotic assembly lines before them, platform technologies are not neutral.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026 -
Knowledge mining also enriches automated monitoring.—
Dustin Johnson,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Swanson is a healthy player, Counsell said, and the manager wound up subbing him in as the automatic runner at second base for Saturday’s 10th inning against the San Francisco Giants.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
7 June 2026
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Furthermore, hoisting the trophy would secure the final crucial points needed to grant her automatic entry into the LPGA Hall of Fame.—
Bob Buttitta,
Daily News,
7 June 2026
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“Self-regulating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-regulating. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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