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
This proactive approach to identifying process automations is meant to help teams save time across the organization and keep collaboration smooth, no matter what time zones or office bases team members are in.
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Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Layoffs are sweeping the corporate world as companies restructure around AI and automation.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
The New York Times also reported that internal Amazon documents show that the e-tailer plans to cull its warehouse and fulfillment hiring plans because of the ever-increasing role of AI and automation in the supply chain.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
But Ellison — son of Oracle multibillionaire Larry Ellison — has routinely espoused taking a tech-forward Silicon Valley approach to managing a major media company, by using big data and automation.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
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Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Layoffs are sweeping the corporate world as companies restructure around AI and automation.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
The New York Times also reported that internal Amazon documents show that the e-tailer plans to cull its warehouse and fulfillment hiring plans because of the ever-increasing role of AI and automation in the supply chain.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
But Ellison — son of Oracle multibillionaire Larry Ellison — has routinely espoused taking a tech-forward Silicon Valley approach to managing a major media company, by using big data and automation.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for automation
mechanization
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Into the Weeds offers less a new way to think than perhaps an old one, pushing back against mechanization and the collapse of context by reframing reading in the most particular and human terms.—
David L. Ulin,
The Atlantic,
6 Oct. 2025
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The mechanization or the industrialization of the medical practices, the delivery of health care, diminishes that sense of feeling like you're valued.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Automation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automation. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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