How to Use by machine in a Sentence

by machine

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  • Heck, even the whistling sound on the record was done by machine.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 13 May 2021
  • Voters should either mail them in or vote in person by machine.
    Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
  • It was dedicated to a girl who had been killed by machine gunfire.
    Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2022
  • At age thirteen my father was awoken by machine gun fire in the streets of Madrid.
    Sebastian Junger, Time, 19 May 2021
  • The puzzles are then cut and disassembled by machine, and bagged and boxed by hand.
    David Frese, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Balls that are stitched by machine are more prone to imperfections and can cause the ball to not inflate as well.
    Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Many historians contend the war was won by machine shops as much as by machine guns.
    Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Once a batch of envelopes passed muster, workers got in lines to have stacks of the envelopes opened quickly by machine.
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Wash towels either by machine or by hand before laundry stripping to get rid of dirt.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 12 July 2026
  • One proposal suggested a tax on every yard of cloth made by machine.
    Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Those three hand counts must match each other as well as match figures generated by machine counts.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
  • This artwork wasn’t manufactured by machine, but each was built and bonded by hand.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 16 May 2023
  • And much of what was once done with clinicians’ eyes, ears, and hands can now be done more efficiently by machine.
    Bryan Vartabedian, STAT, 14 Apr. 2021
  • In a recount, officials could rescan the QR codes by machine or hand count the text.
    Amy Gardner, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Apple didn't use the word AI here, but this is surely driven by machine learning in some way.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024
  • The signature on each ballot must be matched with what's on file for the voter, a process that can be done manually or by machine.
    Kathleen Ronayne, ajc, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The scheme sometimes requires disassembly of Lego sets, and sorting of bricks both by machine and by hand.
    WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The failure meant travelers had to have their passports checked manually rather than by machine.
    Sharon Braithwaite, CNN, 27 May 2023
  • Deere also recently unveiled a crop sprayer aided by machine learning.
    Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 18 May 2022
  • Greenwood residents were shot at point-blank range with their hands up, gunned down with their backs turned, picked off by machine guns perched atop a hill and bombed from above by planes.
    Suzette Malveaux, Washington Post, 19 June 2023
  • Many of them have hung out their own shingles, using their slide rules to calculate profit and loss while the exciting deals are done by machine.
    Bob Ivry, Town & Country, 3 June 2021
  • While leathers can now be cut by machine or laser as well as by hand, most of the construction is done by someone in a coverall brandishing a tool.
    Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Tile or panels that are polished by machine and stacked in a workshop or factory for shipping are handled pretty quickly.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The curves that Ruskin thought only fingers could fashion are now better executed by machine.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 Nov. 2021
  • While the majority of the cigars are made by machine, three hand rollers work on the factory’s top floor rolling the company’s premium cigars.
    Jennifer Simonson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Knowing how to use various tools powered by machine learning can help boost productivity and help stand out at the office.
    Essence, 26 Jan. 2026
  • New research shows that detecting digital fakes generated by machine learning might be a job best done with humans still in the loop.
    Sarah Vitak, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Votes that couldn't ultimately be scanned by machine were counted at another location.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2023
  • This gentler method helps prevent potential damage that could be caused by machine washing and preserves the shape and materials of the hat.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA Today, 14 June 2025
  • Those same ballots have already been counted mostly by machine in the days after the election, then subjected to a full hand recount and an audit.
    NBC News, 24 Nov. 2020

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