as in automatic
designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor
an automated facility in which you can get your car washed without having encountered a single human being
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This is my biggest problem with automated and semi-automated coffee machines, the milk containers always end up retaining smells and flavors.
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Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
To improve efficiency, the agency is directing individuals who need help to first try its online or automated telephone services.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 4 Jan. 2025
From automated comps and unit-level rents to historical rent trends and fees and concessions, tools like KeyComps have the potential to enable real estate teams to delegate tedious and mundane tasks to AI.
—Matias Recchia, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The problem, however, is that even as machinery is more automated and technology-driven, the manufacturing back office has not kept pace and is often overlooked with many administrative tasks and operational processes that are still painfully manual.
—Alessio Alionco, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
To improve efficiency, the agency is directing individuals who need help to first try its online or automated telephone services.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 4 Jan. 2025
From automated comps and unit-level rents to historical rent trends and fees and concessions, tools like KeyComps have the potential to enable real estate teams to delegate tedious and mundane tasks to AI.
—Matias Recchia, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The problem, however, is that even as machinery is more automated and technology-driven, the manufacturing back office has not kept pace and is often overlooked with many administrative tasks and operational processes that are still painfully manual.
—Alessio Alionco, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Automated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automated. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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