Thesaurus results for AUTOMATION

automation

noun

ˌȯ-tə-ˈmā-shən

as in mechanization

the process of putting an apparatus, operation, or system under the control or regulation of mechanical or electronic devices feared that automation would add millions to the ranks of the unemployed

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Recent Examples of automation Google promises that Android will be able to handle more complex automations across apps. —

ArsTechnica, 12 May 2026 Zebra Technologies — The automation stock popped 17% on better-than-expected first-quarter results. —

Fred Imbert,sarah Min, CNBC, 12 May 2026 For decades, application programming interfaces (APIs) have been foundational to retail trading, connecting platforms to data feeds, automation tools and portfolio analytics. —

John Bartleman, Forbes.com, 8 May 2026 Elements of the Bores plan seem wishful (like a call for the sorts of job-retraining programs that were promised to mitigate offshoring and seem unlikely to mitigate sweeping automation) or unrigorous (like a technical solution to deepfakes that experts say has been, thus far, a failure). —

Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for automation

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mechanization

Noun

This collection presents 208 artworks made during a period defined by evolutions in science, philosophy and mechanization.

— Washington Post staff, Washington Post, 15 May 2026
During the interwar years, several tacticians and historians became advocates for the new style of fighting that emphasized mobility, mechanization, and cohesive operations.

— Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026