automatic

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The Riverside County legislator alleges that this conduct was in retaliation for a bill she authored seeking to restrict how law enforcement agencies store and use data from automatic license plate readers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Consumer advocates have been calling for something similar to IRS Direct File for decades, pointing with exasperation to supposedly forward-thinking European countries like the Netherlands, where tax filing is automatic and painless.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Although when asked about what that point means in terms of the wider context of Hull's season, Jakirovic was talking more play-offs than automatic promotion.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

This often made it scrappy and innovative, however, often pioneering technologies like better automatic transmissions, cruise control and four-wheel anti-lock brakes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

A merry little surge of electricity piped by automatic alarm from the mood organ beside his bed awakened Rick Deckard.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick