automatic
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Spectrum will be required to provide automatic bill credits for customers for qualifying service outages that last at least two hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The American Civil Liberties Union, which has long criticized Flock and other automatic license plate-readers, said Thursday that it wasn’t confident the new security measures would do enough to prevent misconduct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The station in Sheung Shui, in the city's north, recorded 39.8C, the highest temperature logged in Hong Kong since automatic weather stations were introduced in the 1980s, the Observatory said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Tucker served as the Dodgers’ automatic runner on second base to start the 10th inning, and with two outs, he advanced to third base on a wild pitch, as Feduccia took first on a walk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
The military response was automatic, like the reflexes of a clam.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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
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
If we can get a couple of automatics and some cartridges to Denham, he’ll be safe until we can repair the big solenoid.”
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing automatic
To Thine Own Self Be True: Auto
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