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automatic

[aw-tuh-mat-ik] / ˌɔ təˈmæt ɪk /




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In addition to seeing the average teen user on ChatGPT for less than 15 minutes a day, OpenAI said that for longer stretches of use, automatic reminders to take a break work well.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

There is simply a small patch of negative space where something automatic used to happen.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

The autonomic nervous system helps regulate many automatic functions in the body, including digestion.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

The Treasury Department’s automatic enrollment will be a “significant expansion” in the number of kids with these accounts, said Melissa Elbert, a partner at the consulting firm Aon.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

So were all her emails and text messages—except for the automatic ones she’d set up for Ms. Morales.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Persaud says many of his students hope to rent a car overseas, where automatics are sometimes harder to come by, or have significant others who own stick shifts but lack “the patience to teach them.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

The pass rate for automatics last year was slightly lower than for manuals.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025

However, the delay doesn’t change the outcome: The CFP will shift the access format from six automatic qualifiers and six at-large bids to five automatics and seven at-larges.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024

Nearly all American rental cars are automatics, yet abroad, you will probably receive a car with a stick shift or pay more for the transmission you’re used to.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2021

The two surrendered their automatics and were placed under arrest.

From Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good by Albert Walter Tolman




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