How to Use automation in a Sentence

automation

noun
  • That is not automation for its own sake.
    — Kriti Sharma, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
  • This is not automation for its own sake.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • And there's a huge need for this automation.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Here’s how to make automation work for you.
    — Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Airports are rolling out a wave of new automation to speed trips from curb to gate.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The best teams don't hand sourcing over to automation and hope for the best.
    — David Paffenholz, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • At the center of that kind of plan is automation.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Strong writing still takes time, even in the age of automation.
    — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • This is not automation in scale.
    — Gaurav Aggarwal, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The goal is not automation alone.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The breakthrough was not automation for its own sake.
    — Joel Hron, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Even the automation business showed some signs of life.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Is there an automation out there that can solve a problem in your business?
    — Melissa Johnson, Forbes, 6 June 2022
  • This is not automation in the narrow sense.
    — John Sviokla, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The next phase is not only about automation.
    — Wyles Daniel, IndyStar, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Many of the complaints appear to be about the lack of automation.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 14 Dec. 2021
  • What the big banks and the fintechs had in common was automation.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The same story pops up over and over again when automation occurs.
    — Jeff Mayhugh, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Smart systems and automations can take the guesswork out of when to flip switches.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Agentic automations across the customer base have grown seven times in the last six months.
    — Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
  • Yet, at the same time, automation scares people.
    — Arthur Azizov, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Salazar is quick to emphasize that automation is not the point.
    — Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • In at least this one way, human judgment still reigns over automation.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • This is where automation helps.
    — Essence, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The pattern shows up in the cost of automation itself.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • Both trims come with level two automation.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Officials have said that full automation could be viable by the end of the decade.
    — Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2022
  • In advance of such automation, the track record of the system as a whole is promising but mixed.
    — The New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The agentic age isn’t just about automation.
    — Jerry Haywood, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • The value didn’t come from automation alone.
    — David Heacock, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026

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