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automation

[aw-tuh-mey-shuhn] / ˌɔ təˈmeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
machine control
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In particular, their data show, workers who lose jobs in fields hit by automation take a month longer to find new jobs compared with workers displaced from other fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Businesses are increasingly relying on automation to reduce costs and save time.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Across India, the quiet machinery of automation has been reshaping - and in many cases, eliminating - the jobs that the middle class was built on.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

In his seminal work on the impact of automation on jobs, MIT economist David Autor noted the tendency of headlines to overstate the extent of job losses from new technology.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Inside, the hydrofoil gearings for the Pole Star sat in red dimness, clicking gears and whirring automation mechanicals for the sails and hydrofoils and parasail reels.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi