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automation

[aw-tuh-may-shuhn] / ˌɔ təˈmeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
machine control
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The industry is following a "discipline-over-growth playbook" while shifting more investment to automation and robotics, Deloitte said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Some companies are also looking to see if they can replace certain jobs, especially entry-level ones typically filled by young employees, with automation or AI.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

Readers shared their thoughts about what automation should take over next.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"The automation and digitalisation of warfare leads to its gamification. This leads to degradation and sliding back of humanity to barbarity," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Today, thanks to automation, it takes five jobs.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

We’ve seen improvements in quote automations and in using AI to identify errors in quoting and in requoting, rework, and the speed in which the quote can be produced to the customer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The company aims to make its 700-plus people self-sufficient, building the automations and AI processes they need themselves.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2025

Brown suggests prioritizing bookkeepers and accountants, building automations or hiring someone to generate leads.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

As a result, program traders gave way to more sophisticated automations with much more advanced technology: High-frequency trading.

From Scientific American ● May 19, 2023

Hiring specifically in back-office functions such as human resources will be suspended or slowed, Krishna said, adding that 30% of non-customer-facing roles could be replaced by AI and automations in five years.

From Reuters ● May 1, 2023




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