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Synonyms

autopilot

American  
[aw-toh-pahy-luht] / ˈɔ toʊˌpaɪ lət /

autopilot British  
/ ˌɔːtəˈpaɪlət, -təʊ- /

noun

  1. short for automatic pilot

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of autopilot

auto- 3 + pilot

Example Sentences

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“The economy feels a bit miserable right now. And I’m shifting from autopilot to a more intentional strategy.”

From MarketWatch

"When I look back now and realise how severe things were, I think at the time I was on autopilot," she said.

From BBC

The research, published in Psychology & Health, found that about two thirds of daily behaviors begin automatically, essentially running on "autopilot" because they have become routine.

From Science Daily

Somehow—autopilot, maybe—I made it through the rest of math.

From Literature

Since then, Tesla has stopped using the term “autopilot” in California and added “supervised” to describe its Full Self-Driving mode.

From Los Angeles Times