AUTOMATED Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

automated

adjective

ˈȯ-tə-ˌmā-təd

Definition of automated

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 Matt Wansley, a law professor at Cardozo focusing on AI and automated driving regulation, says being cryptic about how autonomous its vehicles actually are is part of Tesla’s usual playbook. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2026 Smart greetings and adaptive call routing make every caller feel important, and automated call summaries and action items make follow-ups a breeze. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2026 Collection can be local, but automated sorting, preprocessing and chemical recycling facilities may require material from several countries to operate at an efficient scale. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026 The same flat, automated woman’s voice that announced the beginning of the call now announces its end. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for automated

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Shortly after, Wilcox slammed on the brakes, jumped out of his vehicle, took out a loaded semi-automatic handgun and fired three gunshots at the officer, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
But until recently, most automatic speech recognition (ASR) services with high-quality transcription only worked for a small number of them.

— Richard Eisenberg, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of automatic

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Boston Dynamics‘ prototype operation brings engineers and machinists together to develop, manufacture, assemble, and maintain robotic hardware.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
The Vatican has now said that those tests included a robotic bronchoscopic biopsy, meaning doctors had already taken tissue samples to assess whether the mass was cancerous.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

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