motorization

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Noun
  • The royal, 43, made the trip to highlight the hub's approach to electrification, innovation and sustainability.
    Helen Murphy, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
  • In the more immediate term, the Commission’s energy plan also proposed reshaping the bloc’s energy tax system to incentivize electrification over fossil fuels.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • For Duran, this rising tech authoritarianism wasn’t a passing political fad but the culmination of shifts in wealth distribution, political power, and the computerization of society that had been decades in the making.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The computerization of driving can be traced back at least to the 1970s, with the introduction of electronic antilock brakes.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2016
Noun
  • The move to automation is designed to drastically reduce wait times for patients with spinal cord injuries or neurological disorders.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
  • In his 2023 book Robots Won’t Save Japan, ethnographic researcher James Wright argues that the country’s costly push into eldercare automation often produced unintended consequences and, in some cases, more work for staffers.
    Catherine Thorbecke, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Motorization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorization. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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