automatic
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The San Bruno-based company owned by Google agreed to a $7.5-million settlement in a class action lawsuit that alleged the company violated California’s automatic renewal law when renewing YouTube TV subscriptions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Some of the engines didn’t start, triggering an automatic launch abort. Now offloading propellant. Next launch attempt hopefully in a few days,” he wrote in a post on X.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
They are also eighth in the world rankings and need to make sure they stay in the top nine to secure automatic qualification for the next World Cup in 2027.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
"Some of the engines didn't start, triggering an automatic launch abort. Now offloading propellant. Next launch attempt hopefully in a few days," wrote company head Elon Musk on X.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
It measures our second level of attitude, our racial attitude on an unconscious level—the immediate, automatic associations that tumble out before we’ve even had time to think.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Persaud says many of his students hope to rent a car overseas, where automatics are sometimes harder to come by, or have significant others who own stick shifts but lack “the patience to teach them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
Sue Howe, the owner of Sue's Driving School in Swindon, told the BBC that automatics are "the way forward" as the car industry moves towards EVs.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025
However, the delay doesn’t change the outcome: The CFP will shift the access format from six automatic qualifiers and six at-large bids to five automatics and seven at-larges.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
Nearly all American rental cars are automatics, yet abroad, you will probably receive a car with a stick shift or pay more for the transmission you’re used to.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2021
Eyer was feeling for the automatics in Naka's belt.
From Lords of the Stratosphere by Burks, Arthur J.
Vocabulary lists containing automatic
To Thine Own Self Be True: Auto
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