automatic
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Michael Kilgore, a six-year YouTube TV subscriber, turns off automatic renewal and waits for a promotion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
But on Wednesday, as the clink of bottles mingled with chatter from customers, some armed with automatic weapons, the owners were defiant.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
When Scott filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Friday in the Central District of California, it triggered an automatic stay of the civil case against him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
In recent years, the festival has also introduced an automatic queuing system on the day of sale, with fans needing to be online before the start of the sale with a valid registration number.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Now I can see that at each ruined desalination machine stands a police officer in riot gear with an automatic rifle, warning people to keep away—as if there’s still something to protect.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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
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
Two automatics captured, and the dories of the foe useless from lack of oars.
From Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good by Albert Walter Tolman
Vocabulary lists containing automatic
To Thine Own Self Be True: Auto
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