as in pilots
one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft
the solo flight from New York to Paris by the aviator Charles Lindbergh captured the imagination of people around the world
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Recent Examples of aviators
Further elevating her practice, Jacobs belongs to a small club of artist/aviators including Doug Wheeler and James Turrell, whose experiences of flying small aircraft have opened an inimitable perspective on atmosphere and the aesthetics of the sublime.
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Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Jessica, 45, donned a pair of aviators and an oversized red crewneck, while Johnson, 45, was seen sporting a Georgia Institute of Technology baseball cap and a blue button-down shirt over a black T-shirt.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
These angular aviators will bring out the best in your facial features while shading your eyes from bright rays.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2025
Among some accomplishments under McCormick’s leadership as interim president, the university opened a museum dedicated to Black aviators and started a Center for Entrepreneurship at the Sistrunk Marketplace in Fort Lauderdale.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, the carrier already plans to furlough hundreds of more pilots, and both aviators’ and flight attendant unions are bracing employees for worse news ahead.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Summer programs for trapeze flyers and young aviators?
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Dozens of aviators and aerial acts will be participating, officials said Wednesday.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Jessica, 45, donned a pair of aviators and an oversized red crewneck, while Johnson, 45, was seen sporting a Georgia Institute of Technology baseball cap and a blue button-down shirt over a black T-shirt.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
These angular aviators will bring out the best in your facial features while shading your eyes from bright rays.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2025
Among some accomplishments under McCormick’s leadership as interim president, the university opened a museum dedicated to Black aviators and started a Center for Entrepreneurship at the Sistrunk Marketplace in Fort Lauderdale.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, the carrier already plans to furlough hundreds of more pilots, and both aviators’ and flight attendant unions are bracing employees for worse news ahead.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Summer programs for trapeze flyers and young aviators?
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Dozens of aviators and aerial acts will be participating, officials said Wednesday.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aviators
pilots
Noun
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Graff tugs the reader from the earliest experiments in radiation to the young pilots who made an ashy hole of Nagasaki.—
Book Marks
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Certainly, new ideas were tossed around and even some pilots kicked off.—
Nathan Furr,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Aviators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aviators. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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