How to Use automate in a Sentence

automate

verb
  • The company recently automated its filing process.
  • When companies automate, employees lose jobs.
  • This is about automating tasks, but that comes with risks.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • This is about automating tasks, but that comes with risks.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Android won’t just automate any old app on your phone.
    — ArsTechnica, 12 May 2026
  • Then, work with your boyfriend to automate all your payments.
    — Charlotte Cowles, The Cut, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Which parts of that process can be automated?
    — Eilon Reshef, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • At the time, those tasks couldn’t be automated.
    — Adam Coffey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • These days there is software that can automate all of your backup tasks.
    — Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Now a project called H-unique is looking to automate the process.
    — Lindsey McGinnis, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2021
  • The next step is to try to automate this labour-intensive task.
    — The Economist, 24 May 2018
  • If most meetings could have been emails, most emails can be automated.
    — Jamil Zaki, CNBC, 12 May 2026
  • Why not automate these terrible parts of your job away?
    — Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The team then explored automating the process, which came with its own challenges.
    — Byshefali Malhotra, science.org, 2 May 2023
  • How many tasks can be automated?
    — Paula Davis, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Restaurants that stay will automate more jobs and charge higher prices.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The tools are useful in automating busywork and drudgery.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Augment tasks, don’t just automate them.
    — Chris Nicholas, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
  • That part of the warehouse has always been one of the hardest places to automate.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • The crisis is forcing many ad agencies to find ways to automate more.
    — Neil Irwin, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Sit down with your teams and brainstorm ways to automate as much as possible.
    — Jethro Hopkins, Forbes, 6 July 2022
  • Some power users have written scripts to automate parts of the design process.
    — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Companies are automating one step here, one queue there, and calling it a win.
    — Ganesh Padmanabhan, Fortune, 19 June 2026
  • In recent years, scientists have sped up the process by automating some steps.
    — Edd Gent, Science | AAAS, 13 Apr. 2020
  • And wouldn’t that be better — wouldn’t that be cheaper — if it can be automated?
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Airlines will automate, or de-staff, the pre-flight process as much as possible.
    — Eric Rosen, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2020
  • And attempts to automate the process using drones are proving pricey.
    — The Economist, 5 June 2019
  • Meanwhile, the other side automated that work a long time ago.
    — Aqsa Taylor, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • Its goal is to automate as much as possible, while keeping a human in the loop.
    — Gregory Barber, Wired, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Don't just automate what exists.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026

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