How to Use automation in a Sentence

automation

noun
  • However, that is not the case with robotic process automation.
    Vasudevan Swaminathan, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The good news is that the case for investing in automation has gotten easier.
    Michael Kahane, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
  • In that respect, automation in art has been a preview of the rise of AI in art with code now standing in for the teams of assistants.
    Adario Strange, Quartz, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Due to advancements in automation, huge teams are no longer a requirement for running a successful wholesale business.
    Outside Online, 25 Aug. 2022
  • With changes in data reporting and the handy automation of certain tasks, producing the tracker has gotten easier.
    Aida Ylanan, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2022
  • What is the longer-term impact of automation and AI at the port?
    Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
  • For Shimizu, the answer to the problem comes through robots, automation, and AI.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 1 Apr. 2024
  • On the first part, briefly, for 20 years of tech automation, people have predicted all kinds of jobs would go away.
    Nilay Patel, The Verge, 12 May 2023
  • The union had been demanding a 77% raise over six years, plus a complete ban on the use of automation at the ports, which members see as a threat to their jobs.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • These were the employees who reset the bowling pins and rolled back the bowling balls in the days before automation.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • There’s also not a huge amount of automation by the attackers, Bilodeau says.
    WIRED, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The two sides will still need to come to terms on the question of automation, which has emerged as a more existential issue.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Once automation arrived, the Coast Guard was ready to tear down the old keepers’ residence.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The hub still has Z-Wave, but that's only for automation of third-party products.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 29 Mar. 2023
  • There’s also synchronized automation in the show, with ring lights moving up and down on either side of the stage as the evening carries on.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 4 May 2023
  • The same goes for Hunter Douglas smart blinds with PowerView automation.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The large firms that dominate this have a long track record of using automation to abuse workers rather than to share fairly with them.
    Time, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Phones may even replace apps with automations controlled by an on-device AI agent.
    IEEE Spectrum, 16 May 2024
  • In the past 8 to 10 years there have been tremendous advancements in warehouse automation.
    IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2023
  • But automation isn’t just a showbiz concern, new polling for the Los Angeles Times shows.
    Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2023
  • While the platform has seen improvements over the past year, it’s still suffered from a lack of automation options and slow response times due to its reliance on the cloud.
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 15 May 2024
  • Farms got bigger to survive, adding more cows, more automation and more workers.
    Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The smart home and automation market is like that pretty much everywhere.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Other chains plan to speed up their use of automation, including kiosks and robots.
    Alina Selyukh, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The Red Line is the first to test automatic doors, leaving the possibility of full automation on the line later this year.
    Justin George, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2023
  • These days, some tech entrepreneurs argue that cash aid will be needed as gig work, automation and AI threaten jobs.
    Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The legal profession has been identified as a ripe target for A.I. automation in the past.
    Steve Lohr, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
  • And the e-commerce giant has tried to steer clear from being pegged as a company that axes jobs because of automation.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Fuller said the factory employed more than 500 people before automation cut down the work force.
    Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Ginger Monteleone One of the main motivations for a building developer to pump millions into the automation of its parking garage is the system’s ability to maximize precious square footage.
    Ray Parisi, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2024

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