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automation

[aw-tuh-mey-shuhn] / ˌɔ təˈmeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
machine control
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Major American companies, he said, are already planning to eliminate a significant number of back-office and middle-management jobs through automation, and competitive pressure means they have little choice.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Across India, the quiet machinery of automation has been reshaping - and in many cases, eliminating - the jobs that the middle class was built on.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

In his seminal work on the impact of automation on jobs, MIT economist David Autor noted the tendency of headlines to overstate the extent of job losses from new technology.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

That said, Levie added he believes the transformation agents will drive inside organizations will be several orders of magnitude larger than previous waves of automation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Today, thanks to automation, it takes five jobs.

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