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automate

[aw-tuh-meyt] / ˈɔ təˌmeɪt /
VERB
use machines to replace human workers
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Then came gen AI that could automate its core offering.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

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

“Childcare and retirement savings don’t have to compete if you automate the retirement piece first,” said Jeff Judge, a certified financial planner and managing partner at Chesapeake Financial Planners.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

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

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Procomm is simple for novices, can automate the work for advanced users and be run on almost any MS-DOS computer.

From The Online World by Odd De Presno

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

“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

Song remains adamantly offline, relying on the "Four Pillars of Destiny" astrology in braille and on her four decades of experience in careful listening -- a skill her automated competition cannot match.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Take particular note of passengers who can’t use the automated biometric system, including children younger than 12.

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

Once it reached the port's retractor mechanism, the automated system clamped on to the boom and pulled it in, aligning and orienting the probe automatically.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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

Users can also create and orchestrate response workflows, automating the process and reducing response times.

From MarketWatch Aug. 2, 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

That means automating picking, handling and eventually packing goods.

From BBC Jul. 29, 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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