Example Sentences

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"To simplify these tasks, Blaise Pascal designed calculating machines that, for the first time in history, allowed for the mechanisation of mental calculation," it said.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

The former electrician worked there for 33 years, called out to repair machines and involved in the mechanisation of the colliery.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2023

With increased mechanisation, yields have doubled over the last 15 years according to government data.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2021

The current note features Matthew Boulton and James Watt, whose steam engines led to the mechanisation of factories and mills.

From The Guardian • Nov. 2, 2018

And ending the bracero scheme seems to have accelerated mechanisation in the tomato fields of California.

From Economist • Feb. 2, 2017