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automatic door

British  

noun

  1. a self-opening door

"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

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The traps were cages with an automatic door that cause no harm to the animal, the zoo said.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2024

In the Seville, car buyers got a powerful, fuel-injected V8 engine, a pillowy interior, power seats and automatic door locks and windows.

From Seattle Times Jun. 23, 2023

Metropolitan Diary: Saying “Thank you, door!” to every automatic door.

From New York Times Apr. 17, 2023

As soon as he opened the automatic door, Ortega’s passenger ran into the arms of her sobbing mother.

From Washington Post Nov. 8, 2021

The castle’s front entrance, which had been impregnable for so many years, swung open as Sorrento approached, like an automatic door at a supermarket.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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