mechanization
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Prices fell in the final quarter of the 19th century in good part thanks to a transportation revolution that unified the world’s commodity markets and to a wave of factory mechanization that collapsed production costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The economy has shifted away from jobs requiring direct physical labor toward more sedentary jobs owing to computerization and mechanization, making age-based disability standards that assume jobs require physical exertion outdated and ripe for reform.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
John Deskins, director of the West Virginia University Bureau of Business and Economic Research, said 75% of West Virginia’s coal jobs were disappearing before coal production dropped because of mechanization.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2023
The population drain continued as increased mechanization of farming reduced the need for farm laborers and other types of industry fled the region.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2023
But mechanization wasn’t Duke’s only weapon in the struggle for market dominance.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Vocabulary lists containing mechanization
The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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