automatic
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The teen experience includes automatic safety settings to discourage emotional dependence and prompt users to take a break every 90 minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
We’ve seen a recent shift from opt-in parental controls that were largely underused to automatic settings that eliminate the headaches that plagued parents every time their kids signed up for new social-media accounts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Debretts, an etiquette consultancy, says a good automatic reply should be polite and concise, give a specific return date, and provide another point of contact if appropriate.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
It also features a simple snap-back bracelet and, crucially, an automatic movement whereas the Professional’s requires a manual wind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
It was hardly the same as going off on a business trip and then setting up an automatic text to arrive a week later saying she was never coming back.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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
They made up packs of food, filled their capacious pockets with emergency rations, buckled on Lewistons and automatics, donned their armor, and clamped into their external holsters a full complement of additional weapons.
From Triplanetary by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
Vocabulary lists containing automatic
To Thine Own Self Be True: Auto
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