How to Use automate in a Sentence

automate

verb
  • The company recently automated its filing process.
  • When companies automate, employees lose jobs.
  • The team then explored automating the process, which came with its own challenges.
    Byshefali Malhotra, science.org, 2 May 2023
  • While any smart shade can be automated to open and close at set times, some can adjust to close at sunset and open at sunrise.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2024
  • At every step of the way, the IDF has stressed the place of human beings in the process to review the final conclusions – nothing is automated.
    Peter Aitken, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The researchers at Reset were unable to identify which app was being used to automate the creation of the videos.
    David Gilbert, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2023
  • And as of 2019, others were already designing A.I. bots to automate bond sales.
    Ben Weiss, Fortune, 21 July 2023
  • The whole process, from the light measurement to the data analysis, is automated and takes about two hours per sample.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
  • But more and more of these judgments are being automated and farmed out to algorithms.
    Nir Eisikovits, Fortune, 7 July 2023
  • Scientists appear on track to automate most of the tasks that a human can do in front of a computer, and progress probably won’t stop there.
    Markus Anderljung and Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The way people think about AI now is to walk through a company’s workflow, identify tasks that a machine can do, and automate them.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Snowman noted that, before the lighthouse was automated, in 1998, the keeper had to wind it every four hours.
    Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Remotes became a feature in homes in the 1940s when devices were created to automate the opening and closing of garage doors.
    Julia Malleck, Quartz, 5 May 2023
  • Strohecker said the state is working to automate its ex parte review system.
    Megan Banta, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Breville has done a nice job of automating some of the trickier elements of espresso-making.
    Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Topping it all off are a state-of-the-art Control4 home automation system, and fully automated Lutron shades for playing it cool.
    James McClain, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Others in the industry have turned to AI to automate and simplify many different steps of the homebuying process.
    Mitchell Parton, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Provide examples of how ChatGPT can be used to automate routine tasks and free up time for more complex tasks.
    Darron Sun, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Smart home devices can make your life easier by automating simple tasks, such as turning off your lights or locking your front door.
    Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2023
  • No deliveries are made on Wednesdays, which is strange seeing as the drones are automated.
    Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Health care is labor-intensive and wages are often the most substantial cost, so there’s a strong incentive to automate.
    Michael W. Clune, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Apr. 2023
  • In some of these cases, Permission Slip offers step by step instructions to download your data or just delete parts of it, but the process isn’t automated.
    Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The first official light keeper was Theophilus Magruder and it was automated in 1953.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The station, which had long been automated, will continue to broadcast at least for the near future, according to Fybush.
    Noah Schaffer, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
  • There were booths selling software to automate the creation of dispute letters.
    Mya Frazier, New York Times, 7 June 2023
  • It was automated, and only gave two options (something about purchasing a kit and and checking on your results).
    Matt Novak / Gizmodo, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Although the process will be more streamlined, it won't be entirely automated—members will still need assistance from the Clear attendants, who will guide them through the lane.
    Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Dec. 2023
  • In its technical preview, Google is providing a set of shell scripts to automate the deployment.
    Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Recently, new tools have been developed to automate this process.
    IEEE Spectrum, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The master leaves the house, and the apprentice uses his spell book to automate his chores, bringing artificial life into brooms, dishwashing and mops.
    Lyle Maxson, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2024

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