as in automated
designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor
a self-regulating thermostat runs the home's heating and cooling system
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Adjective
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State law now largely allows automated speed cameras around parks and schools but not on DuSable Lake Shore Drive.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025 -
With users’ permission, the system pulls from past emails to see how a user writes and suggests automated responses that reflect that person’s tone and style.—
Tripp Mickle,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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These teams include 29 conference champions who receive automatic berths and 35 at-large teams selected by the NCAA DI Baseball Committee.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Almost a month later, on June 1, the spacecraft was less than four minutes away from liftoff when the ground launch sequencer — the computer that launches the rocket — triggered an automatic hold.—
Jillian Frankel,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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“Self-regulating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-regulating. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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