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automate

[aw-tuh-mayt] / ˈɔ təˌmeɪt /
VERB
use machines to replace human workers
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AI assistants can help automate tasks, prompting companies to rethink the sizes of their global workforce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Once you decide the amount of money you want to put toward this bill each month, automate payments on payday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

For some workers AI might be a useful tool, but robots could automate other jobs, he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

With lean teams, many small-caps can adopt AI tools quickly, automate workflows, and expand capacity without proportionally growing head count.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

You can write script files to automate the online work further.

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

Ketryx CEO Erez Kaminski, whose company sells software that automates compliance for medical-device manufacturers, said about half of his customers brought up anxieties about AI in calls this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 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

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

But in a paradox of this evolving form of highly automated combat, the infantryman remains at its heart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Last year, a Los Angeles World Airports representative said LAX would move to integrate Waymo taxis once the automated Skylink people mover has been completed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

The radar station closed in 2006 but it was revived in 2018 for Arctic surveillance as an automated remote radar head.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

That means asking harder questions about what each deployment costs and what it delivers and whether any given task should be automated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

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

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

While the company acknowledged that AI is automating tasks, it said the roles being eliminated weren’t being replaced by AI.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

However, a lack of knowledge around credit scores and automating payments landed him in heavy debt after college, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

The real danger of automating our ordinary encounters isn’t that we’ll suddenly forget what human connection feels like.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

That could involve redesigning tax structures to "make it a bit more attractive to hold on to workers than automating them," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 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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