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- noun Plural form of
automat .
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Examples
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(seven and one-half cents) in one of the Berlin "automats" to one mark fifty pfennigs (thirty-seven cents) in the quiet of the best hotels.
Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them Arthur Ruhl 1905
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Aldi S ü d, in an email, said the automats represent a "technological innovation" in automated baking.
Fresh Test: Grocery Store Automats Get a Rise Out of German Bakers Vanessa Fuhrmans 2010
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Around the world, new breeds of automats are feeding demand for practical but surprising local staples as well as out-and-out exotica.
Automatic for the People Nick Haramis 2011
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And last year Live Bait introduced its new "Coastal 24 Hour Bait Shop," for the "saltwater market"; business is reportedly booming for their squiggly things, which are sold along with cold beverages from the automats in Tupperware-like containers.
Automatic for the People Nick Haramis 2011
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In most countries, what takes place inside automats might not prompt such ire, let alone legal action.
Fresh Test: Grocery Store Automats Get a Rise Out of German Bakers Vanessa Fuhrmans 2010
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The automats are emblazoned with the word Backofen, or "baking oven," and pictures of bowls of whole grain and bouquets of wheat.
Fresh Test: Grocery Store Automats Get a Rise Out of German Bakers Vanessa Fuhrmans 2010
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At other times, we are outside in the dark, peering unobserved into nondescript hotel rooms and lobbies, middle-class apartments and middle-management offices, automats and late-night bars.
A Peek Behind Those Paintings Karen Wilkin 2011
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Aldi Nord, which owns Aldi stores in northern Germany and elsewhere in Europe, as well as Trader Joe's in the U.S., doesn't operate the automats.
Fresh Test: Grocery Store Automats Get a Rise Out of German Bakers Vanessa Fuhrmans 2010
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What exactly does happen inside the automats has become a matter of dispute between Aldi S ü d, a discount supermarket chain, and most of Germany's 15,000 traditional bakeries, since the company began installing the machines in hundreds of its German stores this year.
Fresh Test: Grocery Store Automats Get a Rise Out of German Bakers Vanessa Fuhrmans 2010
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United Kingdom, Australia and parts of Europe, said it has already installed the automats in 600 of its stores in Germany and plans to expand them to all 1,780 of its German stores.
Fresh Test: Grocery Store Automats Get a Rise Out of German Bakers Vanessa Fuhrmans 2010
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