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automate

[aw-tuh-meyt] / ˈɔ təˌmeɪt /
VERB
use machines to replace human workers
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It can be used to automate an assembly line, to compensate for a gap in the user’s skills, or to augment and sharpen individual creativity.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

The technology might still eliminate jobs, manipulate or mislead users, or automate away forms of expression that used to be exclusively human.

From Slate Sep. 9, 2026

Shares of Meta Platforms rose 6.6% to $653.69 after it launched Muse, a personal AI agent designed to automate routine tasks such as booking appointments, filling out forms and monitoring home-security camera feeds.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

They’re certainly not flashy, according to Kempe, and typically involve projects that automate manual processes or help people make decisions faster in departments like finance, risk, operations and client service.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

He entered the receptionist's office, flicked a hand at LaVerne Sandell, one of the few employees it seemed impossible to automate out of her position, and said, "The Chief is probably expecting me."

From Subversive by John Schoenherr

It unveiled a new data platform that automates that descriptive process.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

“As AI automates more of the economy and more of society, we are handing over more and more power to it.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

And as the artificial-intelligence industry grows, a new wave of agentic AI investing platforms is emerging that automates active, autonomous trading decisions.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Chronograph’s technology automates portfolio monitoring for over 258,000 private companies and $5.9 trillion in client capital.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 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

“Look at how much of your day-to-day could be handled by a tool or an automated process,” Jay said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

A spokesperson for the social platform told The Times that automated moderation systems flagged the livestream within minutes but that a moderator error caused a delay in the removal.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

At roughly the same time, more than 1,000 employees at cutting-edge AI companies including Amodei signed a petition calling on the US government to help "deliberately pace the frontier of automated AI development."

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

The update said there was an electronic "sink rate sink rate" callout during the final minutes - an automated safety warning about the speed of descent.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Then I was given a series of inoculations with an array of automated needle guns that shot me in both shoulders and both ass cheeks simultaneously.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Dean, who joined Google as its 30th employee in 1999, will be CEO 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. 6, 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

By automating these repetitive journeys, Geek+ says retailers can increase picking speeds, store more goods in spaces that are hard to reach for humans, and reduce errors.

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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