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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UFORCE's land-based drones use software designed to assist with targeting, while Anduril says some of its systems can autonomously complete the final phase of an attack.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
But the high cost of developing the technology, the technical challenges of navigating crowded streets autonomously and the complex regulatory environment meant many went out of business.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Facing that volume, Ukraine built a counterdrone industry from scratch: cheap, mass-produced interceptor drones costing $1,000 to $2,500 per unit, capable of destroying targets autonomously.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
According to Anthropic and partners, Mythos can autonomously scan vast amounts of code to find and chain together previously unknown security vulnerabilities in all kinds of software, from operating systems to web browsers.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
But a DNA double helix cannot autonomously make a copy of itself; otherwise, it might replicate without self-control.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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