manual

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After about 72 hours, manual intervention becomes necessary.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Even tax software used for self-preparation may require this in order to reduce manual data entry errors.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

After reaching orbit, Orion spends its first day in high Earth orbit practising manual flying and testing life support before shaping its path towards the Moon.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

They will also test its manual piloting capabilities during docking simulations.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

But scientific experimentation is manual labor, from which the slaveholders are preferentially distanced; while it is only the slaveholders—politely called “gentle-men” in some societies—who have the leisure to do science.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan