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automate

[aw-tuh-mayt] / ˈɔ təˌmeɪt /
VERB
use machines to replace human workers
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Overall, he said, the company now has a handle on the technology it needs to automate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Bayne is an inventor, with patent-pending applications for artificial intelligence tools that automate legal workflows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The “marketing engineer” is emerging as a new job title for professionals who build AI systems to automate marketing tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

But many say the remit includes building AI systems to automate marketing tasks like competitor analysis, paid media buying and the creation of personalized ads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

You can define macros to automate your work.

From The Online World by Odd De Presno

"We are really trying to address the staff shortage, not replace drivers," said Milo Belien, a software engineer at Futurail, a French-German start-up that automates trains.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

“As AI automates more of the economy and more of society, we are handing over more and more power to it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Software that automates price-setting—often driven by AI—can quickly turn that data into tailored pricing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

In essence, that could mean AI is less like a self-checkout machine, which automates away the need for cashiers, and more like a laser level that helps a surveyor make accurate measurements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 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

Anthropic told the Philadelphia police that the company discovered the incident on Sept. 28, and terminated the automated testing process responsible for the submission, the department said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

As more products move through automated warehouses, the Tetris-like task of building pallets should become more precise because software will have more items to choose from, said Montgomery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

By August, Walmart was close: More than 65% of stores were receiving some automated freight and over 50% of e-commerce inventory was moving through automated systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The automated calls typically come from what appears to be a UK mobile number.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

They couldn’t use the automated landing system because it wasn’t set up to handle a plane with that much weight.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

“Alfie is our answer to automating the 80% to 90% of tasks that now require manual labor in manufacturing,” said Roman Hölzl, the startup’s co-founder and chief executive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Beijing has been quite clear that it sees AI as a solution to its ageing workforce, and is rapidly automating manufacturing and production.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

But WM, formerly known as Waste Management, has already seen operational improvements from automating significant parts of its residential trash collection business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 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

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

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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