automatic
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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
"In that case, you might as well give us the automatic promotion spot because we attract bigger crowds," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
While automatic enrollment starts a child’s account, parents still have to claim the account to bring it to its full potential.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
It must have been a series of automatic selfies.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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
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
I've got several hundred in a box under my berth—and clips for the automatics, too.
From Doubloons—and the Girl by John Maxwell Forbes
Vocabulary lists containing automatic
To Thine Own Self Be True: Auto
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