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 brand told Revelist that the glitch was a problem with their automated email service, not a hack.
    Teen Vogue, 26 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The automated system is not a foreign concept in the public works field.
    Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2017
  • 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 average Grapefruit League team will play 19 games with an automated zone, with the system available in eight of 13 parks.
    Evan Drellich, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The pilots tried to counter the downward movement, but the automated system overrode them.
    Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • The automated strike zone, also known as robo-umps, is probably on deck.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Furthermore, the tweet was likely an automated tweet sent out on their account that just has the headline of the story, the leading photo, and the link to read more.
    Heather Leighton, Houston Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2018
  • An automated phone message from the school also was sent to students.
    CBS News, 3 Mar. 2018
  • And Wells Fargo reached a $14.8 million deal last year to settle a class action lawsuit over automated calls to cell phones to sell car loans.
    L.m. Sixel, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2018
  • And according to recent reports, that process has become more automated than in the past.
    Craig Idlebrook, STAT, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The average team in the Cactus League will have 21 games featuring the automated zone, with half of its 10 ballparks expected to feature the system.
    Evan Drellich, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025

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