variants
or before a vowel aut-
1
: self : same one
autobiography
autosuggestion
2
: automatic : self-acting
autopilot
Synonyms
Examples of auto in a Sentence
Noun
the auto gave people a level of mobility that they had never known before
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Sonja Wind, Fortune Europe, 22 Apr. 2024
Last year, China became the world’s foremost auto exporter, according to the China Passenger Car Association, surpassing Japan with more than 5 million sales overseas.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2024
Now, the American auto manufacturer GMC has unleashed a new electric model into the pickup truck fray.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, the Biden administration has offered the auto sector billions of dollars to encourage them to develop electric vehicles, though consumers have recently shifted away from EVs in favor of hybrids.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2024
Our hearts go out to our bus passengers and auto occupants who were hurt.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
Part of that success from the strikes against the Ford Motor Co., GM and Stellantis, owner of Jeep, Ram, Chrysler, Dodge and Fiat, helped invigorate an organizing push across the many nonunion auto plants in the United States.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2024
Zuercher, the auto historian, said the Bronco was already on its last legs at the time.
—Ben Finley, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2024
Pierce was facing charges of auto theft and evading arrest in the case.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2023
So which makes the best semi-auto shotgun?
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 25 Jan. 2021
One of the few semi-auto 17 WSM rifles is the Franklin armory F17-L.
—Richard Mann, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2023
Also: a slick semi-auto espresso machine for $4,700 and a large neon sign depicting the blue Twitter bird logo — yours for about $23,000.
—Adela Suliman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2023
Also: a slick semi-auto espresso machine for $4,700, and a large neon electrical sign depicting the ubiquitous blue Twitter bird logo — yours for about $23,000.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2023
The Mark IV solved the biggest issue many shooters had with Ruger’s classic Mark II semi-auto, with its one-button takedown system.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 18 Sep. 2020
He also is suspected of firing a gun in New Britain — again, no one was hurt — and three times fleeing police who were on a special anti-auto theft detail in Newington.
—Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 11 Jan. 2022
The man also described the gun that was pointed at him as a dull silver semi-auto, possibly a Sig-Sauer brand gun, documents say.
—oregonlive, 28 Oct. 2021
Noun
Investors will be looking to Blume for fresh optimism this week at Volkswagen’s upcoming Capital Markets Day on April 24, dubbed China Day, followed by the auto show in Beijing.
—Sonja Wind, Fortune Europe, 22 Apr. 2024
Last year, China became the world’s foremost auto exporter, according to the China Passenger Car Association, surpassing Japan with more than 5 million sales overseas.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2024
Now, the American auto manufacturer GMC has unleashed a new electric model into the pickup truck fray.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, the Biden administration has offered the auto sector billions of dollars to encourage them to develop electric vehicles, though consumers have recently shifted away from EVs in favor of hybrids.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2024
Our hearts go out to our bus passengers and auto occupants who were hurt.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
Part of that success from the strikes against the Ford Motor Co., GM and Stellantis, owner of Jeep, Ram, Chrysler, Dodge and Fiat, helped invigorate an organizing push across the many nonunion auto plants in the United States.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2024
Zuercher, the auto historian, said the Bronco was already on its last legs at the time.
—Ben Finley, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2024
Pierce was facing charges of auto theft and evading arrest in the case.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
Adjective
The election is a result of the agreement reached between the federal government and the union following the fallout from the long-running corruption scandal that sent former union officials and ex-auto executives to prison for misusing worker training funds, among other misdeeds.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2023
So which makes the best semi-auto shotgun?
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 25 Jan. 2021
One of the few semi-auto 17 WSM rifles is the Franklin armory F17-L.
—Richard Mann, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2023
Also: a slick semi-auto espresso machine for $4,700 and a large neon sign depicting the blue Twitter bird logo — yours for about $23,000.
—Adela Suliman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2023
Also: a slick semi-auto espresso machine for $4,700, and a large neon electrical sign depicting the ubiquitous blue Twitter bird logo — yours for about $23,000.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2023
The Mark IV solved the biggest issue many shooters had with Ruger’s classic Mark II semi-auto, with its one-button takedown system.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 18 Sep. 2020
He also is suspected of firing a gun in New Britain — again, no one was hurt — and three times fleeing police who were on a special anti-auto theft detail in Newington.
—Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 11 Jan. 2022
The man also described the gun that was pointed at him as a dull silver semi-auto, possibly a Sig-Sauer brand gun, documents say.
—oregonlive, 28 Oct. 2021
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“Auto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auto. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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