automatic
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The city said that the filing triggers an automatic stay, effectively putting the Staten Island court order on ice until a higher court issues a judgment on the appeal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Randy Mastro, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, filed a letter on Tuesday contesting the automatic stay and maintaining that the court’s emergency pause is still in effect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The judge told Khan his sentence would mean automatic deportation.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 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
The man was wearing a leather holster with an automatic pistol strapped inside.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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
That’s despite the fact that automatics left manuals in their dust years ago.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2021
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
There were two heavy sporting rifles and two .45 automatics.
From The Pygmy Planet by Jack Williamson
Vocabulary lists containing automatic
To Thine Own Self Be True: Auto
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