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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Norda Dynamics, a Ukrainian-Estonian defense company, was showing me its terminal-guidance system, Underdog, which lets drones autonomously complete the last mile or so of a strike mission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The future is the Cybercab, a vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals that will autonomously convey customers in a fleet of robotaxis for hire.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
Agentic software can autonomously perform specific tasks such as coding, research, shopping, booking reservations or shopping.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Palantir’s operational layer will become “increasingly important,” she said, as AI applications move to becoming agentic systems that can work autonomously across several tasks.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 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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