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automation

[aw-tuh-may-shuhn] / ˌɔ təˈmeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
machine control
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And that means more precision farming, more artificial intelligence, and automation.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

But if the great promise of automation is that it gives employees more opportunities to practice hospitality, it’s worth asking what that hospitality looks like when customers scarcely encounter those employees in the first place.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Most of Walmart’s supply-chain buildings were built in the 1980s and ’90s, so about 80% of its automation construction projects are retrofits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Now, with rival Amazon leading the automation push and surpassing Walmart in annual revenue, the pressure to get warehouse robotics right has reached a fever pitch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

One of the many reasons for this decline is the replacement of workers through the use of robots and other forms of automation that require fewer workers, even those with advanced skills.

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

Now, you can create these automations just by describing what you want.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025

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

Routines, Shortcuts and other automations probably won’t cure a serious smartphone addiction.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 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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