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automate

[aw-tuh-meyt] / ˈɔ təˌmeɪt /
VERB
use machines to replace human workers
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Earnings growth was concentrated at Siemens' Smart Infrastructure business, which supplies electrical equipment for data centres and other industrial customers, as well as the Digital Industries division, which focuses on software to automate processes.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

When the last bill is paid, instead of taking it as extra cash to spend in the present, automate savings for retirement and other big financial goals.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

GM bought an information-technology company to help automate its factories and acquired defense manufacturer Hughes Electronics in an effort to make cutting-edge cars.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Geek+ says the company's next goal is to automate everything else.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

You can define macros to automate your work.

From The Online World by Odd De Presno

Trade technology provider Altana said Tuesday it is acquiring Cervo AI, an artificial-intelligence platform that automates the process of writing customs entries.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

“Agentic AI trading automates the active, complex work, multistep trades, strategy switching, custom position sizing. That’s not automating discipline; that’s automating action. Not the same thing.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

"This self-regulating behavior helps keep fuel production more stable throughout the day and automates the system, while reducing dependence on batteries and costly external components," he added.

From Science Daily Jun. 11, 2026

Radclyffe's firm developed technology that automates office tasks and administrative work such as form filling, with the work completed far more quickly - and cheaply - than by humans.

From BBC May 4, 2026

You get on these by sending a message to a specific e- mail address, which is often that of a computer that automates the process.

From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation

Though not immediately visible to the naked eye, the ranch features a number of infrastructural updates, including automated irrigation and a fire suppression system that runs off an 18,000-gallon tank buried underground.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Our travel columnist Dawn Gilberton’s experience in Lisbon and relatively smooth sailing in Paris and Rome this month underscore the crapshoot travelers face under the European Union’s new automated border-control system.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

“I don’t want to be one of the people automated out the workforce. I guess I have to be a techie. I hope I’m one of the techies they need,” Webb, 61, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

A TikTok spokesman said its automated moderation systems flagged the livestream within minutes to the company's US moderation team for review.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

The jet was completely automated, so there was no crew on board.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Dean, who joined Google as its 30th employee in 1999, will be chief executive at a new public-benefit corporation called Discovery Loop that aims to accelerate technology by automating complicated, multistep science and engineering tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Investors also fear that generative AI could disrupt the country's $315-billion IT services industry by automating tasks long outsourced to India, such as customer service and app maintenance.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

By automating these repetitive journeys, Geek+ says retailers can increase picking speeds, store more goods in spaces that are hard to reach for humans, and reduce errors.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Aside from automating tasks, advisers might apply AI to predict market behavior or evaluate investment strategies.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Instantly I begin counting a beat in my head, automating my actions.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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