MECHANIZE Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

mechanize

verb

Definition of mechanize

as in to mobilize

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Recent Examples of mechanize This view makes Noë a ferocious critic of recent changes in baseball that aim to speed up the game and to mechanize its decision-making. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2026 Around 1950, cranberry harvesting began to be mechanized, marking a shift toward mass production of the fruit. — Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025 What is happening to Hollywood is part of a bigger context; a cognitive industrial revolution that is being defined by the use of AI to produce thinking machines that are mechanizing the human mind. — Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025 There’s no limit to human advance, particularly as production is spread across a soaring number of hands, machines, and thought that’s mechanized. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for mechanize

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mobilize

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Routed directly to whoever can mobilize the data by changing the ad, prioritizing the backlog or enhancing the renewal play, the same signal becomes a growth lever.

— Jay Lee, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Saudi Arabia seeks support The Saudis are seeking to mobilize an international coalition against the Houthis.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

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