automatic
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The policy shift sowed chaos in federal courts, as thousands of immigrants began suing for bond hearings that had long been automatic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Spouses are automatic beneficiaries, but only if no one else is listed on these end-of-life forms.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
A previous attempt at launch was abruptly scrubbed just as the booster began to ignite, in an automatic stoppage that occurred after some engines did not start.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
The home-plate umpire paused the game to admonish Santana for coming set before Caballero was looking at him, a transgression that could result in an automatic ball being added to the count.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The man was wearing a leather holster with an automatic pistol strapped inside.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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
Sue Howe, the owner of Sue's Driving School in Swindon, told the BBC that automatics are "the way forward" as the car industry moves towards EVs.
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
Eyer was feeling for the automatics in Naka's belt.
From Lords of the Stratosphere by Burks, Arthur J.
Vocabulary lists containing automatic
To Thine Own Self Be True: Auto
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