How to Use automated in a Sentence

automated

adjective
  • One way to spot a bot is if an account tweets round the clock or if the replies feel automated.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 May 2022
  • Daniel Rossy got the alert as an automated phone call at 5 in the morning.
    Andrew Boryga, sun-sentinel.com, 19 July 2019
  • The system sends texts and emails and makes automated phone calls.
    Savannaheadens, oregonlive, 2 June 2023
  • The league is set to roll out the automated balls and strikes system to each of its eight ballparks in the coming weeks.
    Jacob Bogage, courant.com, 11 July 2019
  • An automated system that knows which sand to feed each truck speeds the process along.
    David Wethe / Bloomberg, Time, 10 July 2018
  • Wendy's is not the first fast-food chain to turn to automated processes.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 10 May 2023
  • Before automated lights, the range lights had a full-time tender to keep the lights burning.
    Daniel Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2020
  • The driver’s hands weren’t detected on the wheel for about one-third of the drive and the car twice issued automated warnings to him.
    Ryan Beene, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2020
  • In the late 1960s, the Coast Guard planned to raze the buildings and erect a simple tower with an automated beacon in their place.
    Sarah Feldberg, SFChronicle.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The companies have been slow to act against such automated calls on their own.
    Tali Arbel, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
  • The sign on the SurfUp automated rack boils it down further: scan, surf, shaka.
    Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Creator is just the latest piece of the Bay Area automated food-tech landscape.
    Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 27 June 2018
  • The company then sent her an automated email saying that the page would be removed in 7-9 days.
    Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 28 Mar. 2020
  • Swing King sets up automated video equipment and pays out prizes.
    Forum News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2019
  • But an automated voice announced slots were full and instructed her to wait on hold again.
    Katheryn Houghton, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2023
  • This is such an automated routine that my butt lands in the car at 8 a.m. with no conscious memory of the last 30 minutes.
    R29 Team, refinery29.com, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Go with the automated process for determining the best listing time and date.
    Marina Liao, Marie Claire, 14 Dec. 2018
  • To keep automated cars, buses, and trucks safe, the precise time that these vehicles operate is of the essence.
    Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The pilots tried to counter the downward movement, but the automated system overrode them.
    Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The automated strike zone, also known as robo-umps, is probably on deck.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Furthermore, the tweet was likely an automated tweet sent out on their account that just has the headline of the story, the leading photo, and the link to read more.
    Heather Leighton, Houston Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2018
  • An automated phone message from the school also was sent to students.
    CBS News, 3 Mar. 2018
  • And Wells Fargo reached a $14.8 million deal last year to settle a class action lawsuit over automated calls to cell phones to sell car loans.
    L.m. Sixel, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2018
  • And according to recent reports, that process has become more automated than in the past.
    Craig Idlebrook, STAT, 5 Jan. 2024
  • And Kappel, even with all of his quirks, has demonstrated grit by building one of the largest and most automated payroll companies in the USA.
    Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
  • And that's where the deepfake comes in: AI is able to generate either photos or a video than can match up with the document and fool an automated agent.
    Brady Dale, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Swing King sets up automated recording equipment and pays out prizes.
    Michael Brun, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2019
  • The best way to streamline this process is to provide automated status updates and make the review process more transparent.
    Mohak Nahta, Forbes, 19 July 2022
  • With the new catalog, patrons can choose to be notified about their items by email, text, or automated phone calls.
    Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Sometimes, a package gets touched by a few dozen different organizations, and none of them talk other than a few automated emails.
    Joe Hudicka, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024

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