Example Sentences

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In a fast-changing economy, businesses are automating some entry-level roles and excising middle layers of their org charts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

"I feel they are automating the wrong part of the journey. Humans are really good at negotiating terrain and finding a particular house. Is this just a fetish for automating things?"

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2022

Logistics operations — ports, railroads, warehouses — are automating as fast as they can.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2022

The bulk of that investment - more than $4 billion since January - has flowed to big, late-stage companies such as Waymo and Didi Chuxing that are automating both ride and delivery services.

From Reuters • May 18, 2020

These exist already: Scientists are automating their investigations of the literature, with bots that sort through millions of abstracts at a time.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2017