self-operating
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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There are other self-operating trains across the globe, including the SkyTrain in Vancouver and at several airports, but most run on tracks only in closed systems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2025
From the start, as nerves fray and tempers flare, it’s clear this family has its demons, which will soon be supernaturally compounded by eerie rumblings, self-operating doors and collapsing shelves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
The challenge, experts say, will be to take existing law and use it to determine if a self-operating system is at fault.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2017
The press inspectors rode up and down in the self-operating house elevator, stared speculatively at the outdoor swimming pool and tennis court, strolled through the ivory-tinted living room, the pinkish dining room, the bedroom suites.
From Time Magazine Archive
On one occasion he was caught in the self-operating elevator of the theater and was kept a prisoner in it for over an hour.
From Charles Frohman: Manager and Man by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
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