autonomously
Americanadverb
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in a way that is self-governing or free of outside control; independently.
The ideal candidate will be able to work autonomously and without supervision.
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with little or no human control or intervention.
We have developed a service robot that operates autonomously, in concert with a network of devices in its environment.
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Biology.
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as an independent organism.
Viruses, on the boundary between living and nonliving, cannot autonomously reproduce but require the biochemistry and structure of a host cell.
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naturally or spontaneously, without cultivation.
They organized a work day to get rid of the plants growing wildly, autonomously, and unwantedly all around the building.
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On a Reddit-style social media site called Moltbook, Moltbots seem to autonomously interact with one another, discussing everything from poetry to unionization.
From Slate • May 25, 2026
This is an autonomously governed region "riddled with active smuggling networks", according to a 2024 report by the international affairs think tank, Chatham House.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Additionally, SoundHound introduced its Oasys platform earlier this week, which it called “the world’s first self-learning orchestrated agentic AI platform,” referring to software that can handle tasks autonomously.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
That’s because as the industry moves towards agentic AI tools, which can complete tasks autonomously, more CPUs will be required to manage those increasingly complex operations.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026
Do we all belong to separate worlds, operating simultaneously but autonomously, so that the links between any two people, anywhere in the world, are few and distant?
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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