How to Use automated in a Sentence

automated

adjective
  • The brand told Revelist that the glitch was a problem with their automated email service, not a hack.
    Teen Vogue, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Rubio said the school would notify parents of the fake threat Wednesday night via an email and an automated phone call.
    David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Happily, machine learning could turn a major time sink into at most a few days of rapid automated analysis.
    Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Twitter has not addressed its problems with automated accounts, known as bots, that can quickly spread propaganda or fake news.
    Cecilia Kang, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2017
  • Patchin said the automated water meters will transmit wireless water usage data to the village.
    Chuck Fieldman, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Cagnassola will never be faced with the decision of whether to undergo an automated breast ultrasound.
    Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 23 Oct. 2017
  • One count of possession of an automated sales suppression device, a felony punishable by 1-5 years.
    John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Over the last year, its automated system caught 3.2 million suspicious accounts per week, a Twitter spokeswoman said.
    Alfred Ng, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2017
  • The true—and vast—complexity of the universe was captured in this vista recorded by a pair of automated telescopes, one in the U.S. and one in the Chilean desert.
    TIME.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • Sometimes, a package gets touched by a few dozen different organizations, and none of them talk other than a few automated emails.
    Joe Hudicka, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Most notably, automated walls of glass slide open to reveal an expansive wraparound terrace providing sweeping vistas.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2024

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