by machine

idiom

: with a machine
The mail used to be sorted by hand but is sorted now by machine.

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Powered by machine learning, these tools may improve over time as more people use them to augment their work, according to researchers writing in the National Bureau of Economic Research. Steve Liesman,carlos Waters, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2025 As Wolfgang Sanz pointed out, the team is already looking at starting new projects made possible by machine learning. Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2025 Once pressed by machine and flipped on a griddle, de Leon’s tortillas jiggle with consistency. Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 19 Nov. 2025 Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet, another visionary auteur has been rather less hostile about movie-making by machine. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for by machine

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“By machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20machine. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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