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automate

[aw-tuh-meyt] / ˈɔ təˌmeɪt /
VERB
use machines to replace human workers
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Automate savings: Pull a fixed percentage off the top of every paycheck into a separate high-yield, FDIC-insured savings account.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Our mental model often defaults to an industrial image—John Henry versus the steam drill—where jobs are one dominant task, and automation maps one‑to‑one: Automate the task, eliminate the job.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

Saving is key: Automate the process by having money transferred into savings on paydays.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2023

They have this tool called Power Automate, and because it’s more API-based, they also acquired a small company out of Greece to do the computer vision part and combined it.

From The Verge • May 10, 2022

"If you cannot abolish it, you outsource it; after you outsource it, you work to automate it. Abolish! Outsource! Automate!"

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2020




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