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
There have been widespread concerns that generative AI could eventually replace many human workers as companies cut costs through greater automation.
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Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
The Productive Collision Revolution Imagine a 16-year-old coder from Nairobi discussing automation ethics with a Fortune 500 CEO, or a traditional healer using AI to preserve indigenous knowledge debating consciousness with an Oxford neuroscientist.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
And it’s being driven by AI, automation, technology, and a sense that the economy is slowing down.
—Josh Browning, Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
By utilizing the power of automation and artificial intelligence, businesses can feel more confident with their security measures.
—Jason Phillips, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
The Productive Collision Revolution Imagine a 16-year-old coder from Nairobi discussing automation ethics with a Fortune 500 CEO, or a traditional healer using AI to preserve indigenous knowledge debating consciousness with an Oxford neuroscientist.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
And it’s being driven by AI, automation, technology, and a sense that the economy is slowing down.
—Josh Browning, Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
By utilizing the power of automation and artificial intelligence, businesses can feel more confident with their security measures.
—Jason Phillips, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 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 6 Nov. 2025.
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