Definition of automatednext
as in automatic
designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor an automated facility in which you can get your car washed without having encountered a single human being

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Recent Examples of automated Matt Wansley, a law professor at Cardozo focusing on AI and automated driving regulation, says being cryptic about how autonomous its vehicles actually are is part of Tesla’s usual playbook. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2026 Smart greetings and adaptive call routing make every caller feel important, and automated call summaries and action items make follow-ups a breeze. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2026 Collection can be local, but automated sorting, preprocessing and chemical recycling facilities may require material from several countries to operate at an efficient scale. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026 The same flat, automated woman’s voice that announced the beginning of the call now announces its end. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for automated
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Adjective
  • Some robo-advisors offer more customization and features, such as tax-loss harvesting, which uses losses to offset other portfolio gains, or automatic rebalancing.
    — Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • And not all of the proofs were certified as correct by the automatic logic verification platform Lean—in fact, some have already been retracted after outside scientists found mistakes.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • At the University of Tokyo, researchers have even grown living human skin over robotic digits to wrinkle naturally and mend wounds with collagen.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The moon is a historical landmark — a celestial body continually peppered with robotic landers shot from our home planet, as well as human footprints planted there by a dozen visiting moonwalkers from 1969 to 1972.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026

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“Automated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automated. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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