semiautonomous

adjective

Definition of semiautonomousnext
as in autonomous

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Recent Examples of semiautonomous The elections produced semiautonomous administrations in Scotland and Wales led by parties devoted to independence and the breakup of the United Kingdom - though neither has that policy on the front burner. — CBS News, 9 May 2026 UAVs may be remotely piloted, semiautonomous, or, increasingly, fully autonomous. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026 The man, who is Kurdish, traveled more than 300 miles west from Tehran on his first night back in the country and crossed into Iraqi Kurdistan, a semiautonomous region, seeking refuge. — Philip Wang, Time, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for semiautonomous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semiautonomous
  1. autonomous
  2. independent
Adjective
  • The July hack by rogue OpenAI autonomous agents on open-source developer platform Hugging Face accelerated the shift and proved that the era of advanced AI hacks had arrived.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
  • That was the year LumineticsCore received the first FDA de novo clearance for an autonomous medical diagnosis — diabetic retinopathy — and began carrying malpractice insurance for its no-clinician-in-the-loop system.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of autonomous
Adjective
  • In early 2021, after a few years as an independent hotel, the Monarch Beach Resort joined the Waldorf Astoria Collection, the luxury brand from Hilton Hotels.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2026
  • That means projects that are independent as a feature, not a bug.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
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“Semiautonomous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semiautonomous. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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