as in car
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels
the auto gave people a level of mobility that they had never known before
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Recent Examples of auto
Alexandra recommends looking for recurring payments to insurance companies beyond health, auto, or homeowners insurance.
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Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
On social media, people shared instructions for how to turn off auto-play in order to avoid accidentally encountering what amounted to a snuff video.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Both mortgage and auto loan balances also rose, indicating that consumers may be strapped for cash as inflation continues to take hold of their wallets and the shadow cast by tariffs starts to influence consumers’ behavior.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
The department’s computer dispatch system incorrectly auto-populated the address of the caller’s home, prompting officers to respond to the neighbor’s house, according to the statement.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
On social media, people shared instructions for how to turn off auto-play in order to avoid accidentally encountering what amounted to a snuff video.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Both mortgage and auto loan balances also rose, indicating that consumers may be strapped for cash as inflation continues to take hold of their wallets and the shadow cast by tariffs starts to influence consumers’ behavior.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
The department’s computer dispatch system incorrectly auto-populated the address of the caller’s home, prompting officers to respond to the neighbor’s house, according to the statement.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auto
Noun
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About 18 vehicles, including a number of rare barn find cars, were auctioned from the collection.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Take Tesla, Elon Musk's car company last week delivered its first electric SUV, Model Y, from its showroom in Mumbai.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Many leading automobile companies, like Tata Motors and Maruti Suzuki, have already declared price cuts, passing on the benefits of the tax cuts to customers.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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But consider our electric lights, our automobiles, our refrigerators and washing machines, our televisions, our computers and smartphones.—
Alan Lightman
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Housing Senate Bill 79 would require communities to approve more housing developments near train and bus stations in many counties across the state.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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There were kiddie pools in the yard and vintage VW buses in the driveway.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Some BDCs are dividend machines, others are disasters.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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These machines from Volvo CE and Volvo Trucks are powering the world’s first fully electric deconstruction site in Erlangen, Germany, in collaboration with Siemens and Metzner Recycling.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Auto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auto. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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