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If the device gets too hot, this system should trigger an automatic power cutoff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Under The Progression Model, a new measure introduced in the act, those serving standard determinate sentences with an automatic release point of two thirds will now have an earliest possible release date of one half.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Researchers at Georgetown University have uncovered new evidence that the brain physically reorganizes itself as people master a skill, allowing well-practiced tasks to become automatic.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

Barragan’s office conducted a review of the police department’s use of automatic license plate readers over a two-month period from August to September 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

The perimeter of the aquatics center is now guarded by soldiers with automatic rifles.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

While manual transmissions were once common enough to be called “standard,” in recent decades, they’ve lost some of their cost advantage over automatics, noted Bill Stokes, a product planner for Subaru.

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

That’s despite the fact that automatics left manuals in their dust years ago.

From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2021

He helped to select the foods that went into the automatics, and he cleaned them out after each meal was cooked.

From The Man Who Hated Mars by Garrett, Randall