automatic
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For example, giving an automatic admission to the top 5% of the students in all of a big city’s high schools or its middle schools could achieve greater racial and ethnic diversity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Automatic enrollment has helped more workers get into the plans, and subsequent automatic increases in the percentage of earnings they save help keep them on track.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
She had to set up automatic sprinklers to keep the outdoor plants alive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Alexander disease can interfere with movement, thinking, and automatic bodily functions such as breathing and heart rate.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
I stuck my lunch back in my school bag and headed for the bathroom, where I was grateful to find automatic water and soap dispensers.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
While manual transmissions were once common enough to be called “standard,” in recent decades, they’ve lost some of their cost advantage over automatics, noted Bill Stokes, a product planner for Subaru.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
In 2012/13, 23.2% of learners taking tests in automatics were men.
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
If we can get a couple of automatics and some cartridges to Denham, he’ll be safe until we can repair the big solenoid.”
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing automatic
To Thine Own Self Be True: Auto
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