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rote

[roht] / roʊt /
NOUN
learning
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NOUN
memorization
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Accounting firms are ramping up adoption of AI, but say they aim to take away younger professionals’ rote tasks and allow them more critical thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The first is for rote responsibilities like summarization and research, which AI can do on its own.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

But it is some of the work, the documentation, the rote things you need to do, is where I would say the work remains to be done.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Despite this sequel’s thin and rote stretches, it once again closes strong with a few images that will stick in your head for at least a week or two.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

The “finger” had a curious air of reciting by rote, as if he answered questions by the mechanical pressure of his brain pan, but without any enthusiasm whatever.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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