automated
adjective
au·to·mat·ed
ˈȯ-tə-ˌmā-təd 
: operated automatically
an automated process
automated equipment/machinery
a fully/highly automated factory
Synonyms
Examples of automated in a Sentence
an automated facility in which you can get your car washed without having encountered a single human being
Recent Examples on the Web
The automated McDonald’s has a staff comparable to other stores.
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
In an automated message via its toll-free number Saturday, CDK advised dealership employees to be cautious of phishing scams and take precautions to secure sensitive information such as passwords.
—Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 23 June 2024
At the latest Baldor Bite, a biannual food expo hosted by one of the biggest restaurant suppliers on the East Coast, Sussman hawked delightfully niche merchandise for the back-of-house crowd, including T-shirts printed with the script for Baldor’s automated phone menu.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
This week, an automated bot posted 2,500 pages of documents from inside Google’s Search division on the developer platform GitHub.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 31 May 2024
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
In an automated message via its toll-free number Saturday, CDK advised dealership employees to be cautious of phishing scams and take precautions to secure sensitive information such as passwords.
—Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 23 June 2024
At the latest Baldor Bite, a biannual food expo hosted by one of the biggest restaurant suppliers on the East Coast, Sussman hawked delightfully niche merchandise for the back-of-house crowd, including T-shirts printed with the script for Baldor’s automated phone menu.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
This week, an automated bot posted 2,500 pages of documents from inside Google’s Search division on the developer platform GitHub.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 31 May 2024
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“Automated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/automated. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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