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automatic

[aw-tuh-mat-ik] / ˌɔ təˈmæt ɪk /




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The reason that automatic promotion spots are handed to the champions in the West and Southwest is simply because there are more men's football teams registered in those jurisdictions - because more people live there.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

It was punctuated by an automatic voice saying the caller was a prisoner, which is usual practice for calls from Iranian prisons.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

In addition, live streamers can soon enable live AI-dubbing from English to Spanish—a first step toward automatic translation into many languages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Note carefully that high-beta stocks are not an automatic bet to perform well in the first busy week of this upcoming earnings season.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Like if I could only get out to the Ledge, it would happen automatic.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

It is a decision that could affect the rest of their driving lives - pass your test in an automatic and you will forever be boxed into only driving automatics - or indeed electric vehicles.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 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

Eyer was feeling for the automatics in Naka's belt.

From Lords of the Stratosphere by Arthur J. Burks




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