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copilot

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Definition of copilot

as in pilot

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Recent Examples of copilot Miami-Dade Rescue Fire Chief Ray Jadallah said some people were trapped inside vehicles, and the pilot and copilot were also trapped in the plane after the accident. — Staff and Wire Reports, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026 That's not a copilot drafting entries for a human to approve. — Gregg Mojica, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 The inaugural flight took place from Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport in France, where test pilot Sébastien Dupont de Dinechin and copilot Fabrice Dougnac lifted off aboard the Falcon 10X for a mission lasting approximately two and a half hours. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2026 The four founded Cursor in 2022, initially focusing on building an AI copilot for the mechanical engineering industry. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for copilot

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Most ominously, the Air Line Pilots Association, International warned that if Google’s AI system re-identifies pilots in the data set, airways could become more dangerous.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2026
His first thought was that some fool pilot clowning around had messed up bad.

— USA TODAY staff, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of pilot

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After a test pilot taxied the aircraft from a hangar at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, the X-59 jet took off and landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
After serving in the military for 15 years — including as a Navy test pilot — he was selected by NASA for its 21st class of astronauts in 2013.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of test pilot

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Head out into the wild on foot and by glacier to discover the Don Sheldon Amphitheater, a region named for the trailblazing 20th-century aviator.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2026
Newsom, standing in the river in aviator shades, his dark blue shirt unbuttoned to the sternum, shrugged and acknowledged the point.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of aviator

Noun

McPherson pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, 40 counts of serving as an airman without a certificate and other charges.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Air force officials in Greece made no immediate comment on the status of the two airmen, noting that rescue crews were hampered by the fire on the grounds of Tanagra air force base, 60 kilometers (about 40 miles) north of Athens.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026

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