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automatic

[aw-tuh-mat-ik] / ˌɔ təˈmæt ɪk /




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BBC Sport has been told that there is no automatic mechanism to remove City from a European competition they qualify for on sporting merit.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

There is simply a small patch of negative space where something automatic used to happen.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

The autonomic nervous system helps regulate many automatic functions in the body, including digestion.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

The Treasury Department’s automatic enrollment will be a “significant expansion” in the number of kids with these accounts, said Melissa Elbert, a partner at the consulting firm Aon.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

“The spell book shows you how to create automatic illusions, but you can also paint them manually too.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

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

The bronze statue, erected in 2017 on one of Moscow’s busiest thoroughfares, depicts General Kalashnikov cradling one of his automatics, looking from a distance like an aging heavy metal guitarist.

From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2020

For temporary periods the automatics would handle the gravity-shifters.

From Wandl the Invader by Ray Cummings




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