How to Use manually in a Sentence

manually

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  • Much of the process had to be manually done and took time to complete.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The sirens could not be manually shut off, Hingiss said.
    Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Dark web reports are free and can be run manually from the Google One website and app in the US.
    Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 1 June 2023
  • The surgeon had to manually pump her heart with his hand.
    Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 30 June 2024
  • This pool float can be blown up in a few minutes manually or with a pump.
    Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2023
  • There is no need to manually enter a bonus code when using any of the links on this page.
    cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023
  • For the bread test, while the mixer was large enough to accommodate the dough, the baker had to manually scrape the bowl.
    Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 9 July 2023
  • Just keep in mind that the pads have to be removed manually, so your hands may get a bit dirty after use.
    Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Those who are or do will be blocked and and manually reviewed.
    WIRED, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Are you doomed to search for the track, album, or artist on those services manually?
    Justin Pot, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2024
  • For example, mix-ins have to be added manually after the sound of a beep.
    Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Raking leaves manually can take a long time and a lot of elbow grease.
    Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Keep in Mind Users have to manually control the audio every time a video comes on.
    Jack Byram, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Mar. 2024
  • One of the best parts about the snow machines, Alba says, is that the quality of the snow can be manually modified.
    Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 29 Feb. 2024
  • At this point, Isaacman moved to manually open the hatch and climb upward into space.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2024
  • At present the two sections of the chip have to be aligned manually to ensure the waveguides match up, which would be a difficult process to scale up, says Kues.
    IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2023
  • On the outside, there’s a digital LCD timer that can be preset or manually set with the turn of a dial.
    Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The clocks are manually started and stopped by a major-league employee sitting in a booth at the top of the loge seats behind home plate.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Its removal form requires people to manually submit URLs and the search terms that were used to find the content.
    Matt Burgess, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Heated front seats that are manually adjustable are also standard on the AT4, and so is the nice-to-have remote start.
    Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 8 May 2023
  • Both modes can be enabled and disabled manually or set to work on a schedule.
    David Nield, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2019
  • Most of her customers now prefer to manually grind their items into paste at home themselves rather than pay the new price of 100 naira.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN, 7 July 2023
  • Aura does prompt you to dig in and manually add more info for tracking.
    PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
  • To extend the life, manually turn off candles after use or use the timer function.
    Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023
  • This is the process of manually dislodging dirt and stripping away surface cells and was once the gold standard of sloughing.
    Kari Molvar, Vogue, 1 July 2024
  • The lights operate on a timer of eight hours on and 16 hours off, but can also be manually turned on and off as well as programmed to your own schedule.
    Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Kalra said the biggest part of his job is checking through entries that fans write in manually, like the guesses about Swift's surprise songs.
    Kate Perez, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Once the prongs are fully inserted, manually twist the opener to remove the cork.
    Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2024
  • That comes with a mountain of complex PDFs that often have to be manually tracked by advisers or accountants.
    Lucinda Shen, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
  • As manually creating and testing ad variations can consume a lot of time, machine learning can take over, automatically testing different versions of your ads and figuring out which ones work best.
    David Ispiryan, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024

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