automatic
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Discussions on how to stave off automatic benefit cuts accelerated this summer, but concrete action remains elusive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
According to Live Nation, concertgoers who purchased their tickets through Ticketmaster can expect an automatic refund while those who bought tickets through third-party resellers were told to contact their point of purchase.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The firm agreed to a long list of new safeguards for young people including an automatic nighttime block and a cap of two hours of cumulative daily use across Meta's apps.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Exceptions are not necessarily automatic, even for a spouse or a minor child, and they can be especially difficult to get for a caregiver child.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 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
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
The rat-king then graciously draped the cartridge-belt and holstered automatics around the shoulders of the metal-collared leader who had captured Powell.
From Devil Crystals of Arret by Hal K. Wells
Vocabulary lists containing automatic
To Thine Own Self Be True: Auto
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