troubleshoot
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In one scenario, artificial intelligence slows hiring rates at call centers as people get used to doing things like managing their bank accounts online or troubleshooting their vacuum cleaners with chat assistants. — James Hookway, WSJ, "Philippine Call Centers Try to Put Threat of Automation on Hold," 6 Aug. 2018 This is the time to troubleshoot any potential problem areas. — Ana Colón, Glamour, "8 Red Carpet Fashion Hacks Celebrity Stylists Swear By," 18 Jan. 2019 Technicians tried to troubleshoot the system, including replacing a sensor suspected of providing bad information about the position of the plane’s nose. — Andy Pasztor, WSJ, "Lion Air Crash Prompts Some Carriers to Boost Pilot Training," 7 Dec. 2018 Carlos Ghosn, shown in 2017, often turned to Greg Kelly to troubleshoot problems and deal with personnel matters, former Nissan executives said. — Sean Mclain, WSJ, "Ghosn’s ‘Inside Man,’ Now Jailed in Japan, Quietly Wielded Power at Nissan," 21 Nov. 2018 Minutes after the crew communicated the situation to air-traffic controllers and gradually gained altitude as part of an apparent effort to troubleshoot the problem, the twin-engine plane plunged into the water at a steep angle and high speed. — Ben Otto, WSJ, "Indonesia Crash Probe Zeros In on Faulty Flight-Control Gear," 7 Nov. 2018 The control tower asked the pilot to circle the airport to troubleshoot the problem. — Marc Daalder, Detroit Free Press, "Plane crash victims were traveling to see daughter play volleyball," 26 June 2018 Antonio Neri began his journey at Hewlett Packard as a call-center agent helping customers troubleshoot problems with their servers and printers. — Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, "Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Antonio Neri Talks Meg Whitman, Microsoft, and Cloud," 22 June 2018 The Prison will open soon and have Claudius’ drugs running through it, Malachai and the Ghoulies will be the soldiers and dealers, and Penny will help troubleshoot. — refinery29.com, "Riverdale Season 2, Episode 22 Recap: "Brave New World"," 17 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'troubleshoot.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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