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noun

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Recent Examples of semiautomatic
Adjective
The agents seized 147 small pieces of plastic or metal that transform a semiautomatic handgun into an automatic machine gun. Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2025 For weapons such as repeating shotguns or semiautomatic firearms, buyers need a gun ownership card and a firearms pass. Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025 No one was injured in the incident, but officials said a semiautomatic Glock 19 was found in Franco’s vehicle. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2025 The guns included a semiautomatic pistol and pistols with obliterated or missing serial numbers. Sean Campbell, The Conversation, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for semiautomatic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semiautomatic
Adjective
  • What leaders call meaningful connection, users describe as impersonal or automated.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • And computer algorithms and artificial intelligence, which assist in making automated trades, only add to the chaos of price changes.
    Skip York, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • In the car, officers found a safe, all of the children's passports as well as Jenny Boelter's, about $10,000 in cash, a revolver pistol in the glove box and another semi-automatic pistol in a cooler, the FBI said in the complaint.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 27 June 2025
  • He was then stopped again by police in his hometown of Murfreesboro, where police took another pistol off him.
    Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Instead, their relationship is built on a secure emotional foundation that makes these behaviors natural and automatic over time.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Regardless of income, one factor that has helped boost savers’ balances is automatic enrollment.
    Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • Caruthers tried to intervene when the suspect pulled out a handgun and shot him, police said.
    Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 3 July 2025
  • After he was shot, deputies found a Beretta PX4 Storm semi-automatic pellet gun, which is a replica of a .40 caliber handgun, near his body, according to authorities.
    Nathan Solis Follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • Matt Snyder, chair of the Land Use and Special Studies Committee, said an ordinance with new rules for golf carts and other small, motorized vehicles could come before city council by the middle of this summer.
    Jake Allen, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
  • People who dislike wolves have turned motorized vehicles into weapons.
    Jim Martin, Denver Post, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Officers searched the area of the struggle and found a .22-cal revolver, loaded with six rounds, hidden within a black sock.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 16 June 2025
  • In his side pack, officers found 50 grams of compressed fentanyl, $1,126 in cash, and a revolver.
    Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Gertrude Harten, a German internee from Ecuador, wrote in her diary that two U.S. soldiers with rifles knocked on her door in Cuenca, Ecuador, and apprehended her husband, Wolfgang Harten, in December 1943.
    JoAnn DeLuna, NPR, 30 June 2025
  • Topline Authorities reportedly identified the man suspected of killing two firefighters and injuring another in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho—after he was found dead next to the sniper rifle believed to be used to ambush firefighters responding to a wildfire.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • What might this robotic world of the future look like?
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • One of the robotic arms then retrieves the items from storage and delivers them to the window within about 90 seconds.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025

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“Semiautomatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semiautomatic. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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