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
UiPath — The automation stock gained 10% after the company announced partnerships with OpenAI, Snowflake and Nvidia.
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Advertisement The comfortable response—I’ve heard it a thousand times—is that over millennia economies have weathered automation many times before and with each prior technical leap, the labor market adapts.
—Toby Stuart, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Machine learning helps detect anomalies at scale, while automation reduces analysts’ workload by triaging alerts and speeding up responses, Achanta told ISACA.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
The firm said that while robotics and automation are being adopted at a rapid clip for warehousing and logistics use cases, chief supply chain officers said that their organizations don’t have the internal expertise needed to reap the full benefits of emerging technologies.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Advertisement The comfortable response—I’ve heard it a thousand times—is that over millennia economies have weathered automation many times before and with each prior technical leap, the labor market adapts.
—Toby Stuart, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Machine learning helps detect anomalies at scale, while automation reduces analysts’ workload by triaging alerts and speeding up responses, Achanta told ISACA.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
The firm said that while robotics and automation are being adopted at a rapid clip for warehousing and logistics use cases, chief supply chain officers said that their organizations don’t have the internal expertise needed to reap the full benefits of emerging technologies.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for automation
mechanization
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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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Just as past technological revolutions redefined work – from the mechanization of farming to the rise of industrial factories – AI is reshaping the task structure of modern employment.—
Steven Dudash,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Automation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automation. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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