automatic
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As a result, the retirement company said, “plan participation rates have increased, automatic enrollment designs are stronger, and participant portfolio construction has continued to improve with more age-appropriate asset mixes and less extreme equity allocations.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
According to ISS, another eyebrow-raising element was that the vast majority of Zaslav’s estimated compensation — over 94% — was being derived by the automatic acceleration of stock vesting and the excise tax gross-up payment.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
It triggers an automatic "startle response" to any loud noise.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Josephine Cochrane patented an automatic dishwasher in 1886, using pressurized water to clean dishes, which became the standard design for modern dishwashers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Later, when he got a job with an automatic pencil company, he decided to photograph us burying a pile of wooden pencils.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Vocabulary lists containing automatic
To Thine Own Self Be True: Auto
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