automate
verb
au·to·mate
ˈȯ-tə-ˌmāt 
automated; automating
1
: to operate by automation
2
: to convert to largely automatic operation
automate a process
: to undergo automation
Examples of automate in a Sentence
The company recently automated its filing process.
a factory that has yet to be automated
a factory that has yet to automate
When companies automate, employees lose jobs.
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
OpenAI just enlisted more than 100 former investment bankers to train its AI models to build financial models, which eventually could automate hours worth of young workers’ responsibilities.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Amazon plans to replace 600,000 jobs with robots in the coming years and, ultimately, is working towards its goal of automating 75% of its operations, The New York Times reported on Monday citing several internal strategy documents.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
Companies in all industries are racing to automate, consolidate, and cut costs before real regulation catches up.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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automate
verb
au·to·mate
ˈȯt-ə-ˌmāt
automated; automating
1
: to operate by automation
2
: to convert to mainly automatic operation
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