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
  • 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
  • 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
  • There’s a reluctance to ride in an automated vehicle right now, but 15 years from now?
    Ashley Halsey Iii, Washington Post, 4 June 2018
  • In the back, an automated keyboard controls 12 screens whose imagery changes more slowly than in the principal gallery.
    Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The automated station at the Punta Gorda Airport measured a gust of 109 mph just before 8 p.m.
    Orlando Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2022
  • That was followed by an automated spacecraft with food and fuel.
    Fox News, 5 July 2021
  • An automated algorithm analyzes the blood pressure readings patients send in and flags abnormal results to doctors.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 26 July 2024
  • Innovative solutions have also been rolled out, including online services and automated tools that greatly streamline the process.
    Jason Turkish, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024

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