How to Use unmanned in a Sentence
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This was an unmanned drone from the 1970s, the size of a bug.
—David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 18 Feb. 2020
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The 'so what?' is because of the speed and stealth of these unmanned AC.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
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The 5th Fleet launched its unmanned Task Force 59 last year.
—Jon Gambrell, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022
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Divers and unmanned naval vessels pulled up the rest from the bottom of the ocean.
—Arkansas Online, 18 Feb. 2023
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The Emirates plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2024.
—NBC News, 5 Oct. 2021
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In 2024, the country hopes to put an unmanned spacecraft on the moon.
—Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 10 Apr. 2021
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It’s not exactly the same as the unmanned rovers of Earth.
—Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Feb. 2021
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No one was injured in the fire at the unmanned station.
—Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
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In 2019, China became the first country to send an unmanned rover to the far side of the moon.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 9 Mar. 2021
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Bolton got his chance in 2019 when Iran shot down an unmanned U.S. drone.
—Washington Post, 28 June 2020
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The sole low counter was at the far end and unmanned with its computer shut down.
—Curbed, 19 July 2023
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These are now the deepest wreck dives, manned or unmanned, on record.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2021
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Last year, China became the first country to send an unmanned rover to the far side of the moon.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 24 Nov. 2020
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Japan will provide the unmanned launch spacecraft and the rover, which will explore the moon’s south pole.
—Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2023
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The spacecraft would be unmanned and roughly about the size of a business jet.
—Rebecca Santana, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2018
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Houthi rebels there have for months choked the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden with unmanned weaponry, both in the sky and on the water.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 19 July 2024
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That's what the Navy has in mind for its fleet of large unmanned surface vessels.
—Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2021
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And for good measure, Novikov claimed the Air Force will expand its fleet of unmanned craft to eight by 2025.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2021
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Artemis 1, an unmanned rocket, is scheduled for a mission to the Moon and back that will last up to 42 days.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2022
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The unmanned ground vehicles were then brought in to set up on the beach and perhaps begin the fight.
—J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Apr. 2017
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First, though, the Block 5 has to complete seven unmanned flights.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 8 May 2018
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One of the sites hit Sunday was used in the launch and recovery of armed unmanned aircraft.
—Washington Post, 28 June 2021
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Days later, the unmanned flight test was delayed again due to a fuel leak.
—Jason Hahn, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2022
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The ship has unmanned submarines that can descend deep into the ocean.
—Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2018
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Twelve men walked on the moon between those years, and all spacecraft on the moon's surface since have been unmanned.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 22 Nov. 2019
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The unmanned demonstrator was able to hover with 30% of its fans turned off.
—Joe Salas may 17, New Atlas, 17 May 2025
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In 1966, the USSR accomplished the first unmanned moon landing.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 9 Mar. 2021
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Colorado deputies have spotted more than a dozen unmanned drones flying in the northeast part of the state.
—Nicole Chavez, CNN, 9 Jan. 2020
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Carlsbad looks to become the next city in San Diego County to start using unmanned aerial vehicles as public safety first-responder eyes in the sky that can get to and check out an incident faster than a human-staffed police or fire vehicle.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
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However, the Pentagon assessed in its report that the ship can launch large maritime unmanned aerial vehicles for strike, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
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