as in automated
designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor
a new laborsaving device let us clean the house in half the time
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Adjective
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Bring Back the Human Element The markets have become faster, more automated, and more unequal.—
Daniel Schlaepfer,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025 -
Major media companies have already reorganized themselves to enable more automated ad buying and transacting, with data-heavy approaches, targeting, and guarantees.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Earlier this month, men’s and women’s basketball added a coaches challenge and removed automatic replays for out-of-bounds calls in the final two minutes for the sake of game flow.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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Luke Williams, the automatic runner, took off for third, before briefly turning back to second, unsure of where to go.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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In a recording of a telephone call heard by CNN, a person outside of Iran hoping to hear their friend’s voice on the other line, was instead met with a robotic voice.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
21 June 2025
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The robotic mission proceeded normally until April 1, when the spacecraft detected a drop in pressure inside the line that feeds xenon fuel to its four thrusters.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
21 June 2025
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“Laborsaving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laborsaving. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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