automated
adjective
au·to·mat·ed
ˈȯ-tə-ˌmā-təd 
: operated automatically
an automated process
automated equipment/machinery
a fully/highly automated factory
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Examples of automated in a Sentence
an automated facility in which you can get your car washed without having encountered a single human being
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The problem, however, is that even as machinery is more automated and technology-driven, the manufacturing back office has not kept pace and is often overlooked with many administrative tasks and operational processes that are still painfully manual.
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Alessio Alionco, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
The discrepancy points to the wide gulf between not just countries’ driving preferences, but the successes born from newer automakers’ focus on software development and automated features.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2024
Making Exercise Prescription Easier And More Automated AI tools designed to make prescription easier and more automated typically aim to take care of the higher-level, more complicated decision making that PTs perform.
—Tyler Read, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Most notably, automated walls of glass slide open to reveal an expansive wraparound terrace providing sweeping vistas.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2024
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Alessio Alionco, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
The discrepancy points to the wide gulf between not just countries’ driving preferences, but the successes born from newer automakers’ focus on software development and automated features.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2024
Making Exercise Prescription Easier And More Automated AI tools designed to make prescription easier and more automated typically aim to take care of the higher-level, more complicated decision making that PTs perform.
—Tyler Read, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Most notably, automated walls of glass slide open to reveal an expansive wraparound terrace providing sweeping vistas.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Automated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/automated. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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