as in sailor
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
our crew comprised a captain, a navigator, and a few deckhands
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Recent Examples of navigator
The Trump administration similarly cut ACA navigator funding every year during his first term and cut advertising to HealthCare.gov by 90 percent.
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 14 Feb. 2025
Carlin was its navigator, and Burke was the armor-gunner.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2025
For the cost of one full-time on-site navigator, clinics gain the power of four specialized remote staff.
—Craig Lebrau, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Look at this first-quarter possession: Nembhard is the Pacers’ best on-ball defender and an elite screen navigator.
—Eric Nehm, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 14 Feb. 2025
Carlin was its navigator, and Burke was the armor-gunner.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2025
For the cost of one full-time on-site navigator, clinics gain the power of four specialized remote staff.
—Craig Lebrau, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Look at this first-quarter possession: Nembhard is the Pacers’ best on-ball defender and an elite screen navigator.
—Eric Nehm, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for navigator
Recent Examples of Synonyms for navigator
Noun
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Or Hegseth may just be protecting young sailors with dust allergies from picking up the book.—
Peter S. Wenz,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2025
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The sailors are sleeping or preparing for the morning’s voyage, but a frenzied man has pushed his way aboard, looking for drugs.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
12 May 2025
Noun
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Warning notices advising pilots and mariners to steer clear of the test area indicated the missile and its hypersonic glide vehicle were supposed to splash down in the mid-Atlantic Ocean hundreds of miles north and northeast of Puerto Rico.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
26 Apr. 2025
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The city’s remaining water intake cribs — Four Mile, 68th Street, Carter H. Harrison, Edward F. Dunne, Wilson Avenue and William E. Dever — also were fitted with electrical navigation devices to aid mariners.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Navigator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navigator. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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