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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Recent Examples of automated This set of efforts is essential to enable a safe and societally stable transition to a more automated future, where cost, precision, and robotic flexibility converge with human well-being. Amir Husain, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 Robocall scams Robocalls are automated calls that use a recording instead of a live person, often with the intent to scam victims, such as in auto warranty, tech support, or IRS/ Social security impersonator scams, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2024 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 And that's where the deepfake comes in: AI is able to generate either photos or a video than can match up with the document and fool an automated agent. Brady Dale, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for automated 

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“Automated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automated. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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