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as in guided
to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed
piloted the figure skater through the national championships
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as in steered
to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front
the lead rider piloted the rest of the team
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Recent Examples of piloted
Who piloted the plane that crashed with Greg Biffle on it?
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
Pittsburgh International Airport piloted the program in 2017.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2025
Equipped with sterile Petri dishes, these drones were piloted into the mist of whale exhales to snatch respiratory droplets right out of the air.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2025
In the wake of the global financial crisis, China piloted a renminbi trade settlement scheme in 2009 with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Hong Kong, and Macau.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2025
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
Pittsburgh International Airport piloted the program in 2017.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2025
Equipped with sterile Petri dishes, these drones were piloted into the mist of whale exhales to snatch respiratory droplets right out of the air.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2025
In the wake of the global financial crisis, China piloted a renminbi trade settlement scheme in 2009 with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Hong Kong, and Macau.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piloted
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Several Venezuela residents told TIME that the fear of what might be discovered on their phone at a checkpoint has guided their behavior in the days since Maduro's ouster.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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Since launch, mission teams have guided the observatory steadily toward L1.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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The legislative database Legistorm reported in 2023 that Hunter had direct ties to the company, and steered millions of dollars in federal funding to the firm while serving in Congress.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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The awards show steered clear of rewarding any politically-leaning podcast, including Pod Save America and the country’s biggest podcast by the numbers, The Joe Rogan Experience.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
11 Jan. 2026
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Minter is a prominent candidate, since he's coached in Baltimore fairly recently.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Jan. 2026
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Rizzi and Joseph coached together with the Dolphins.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
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The poll, conducted between December 21, 2025, to January 6, 2026, surveyed 808 Marylanders.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Resilience has now flown four of those; the capsule also conducted Crew-1, SpaceX first operational astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA, as well as Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn, the company's first and most recent private crew launches to Earth orbit, respectively.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Rheinmetall revealed that the technology will reduce the production costs of green hydrogen through lower investment in the overall system, accompanied by a doubling of power density or an improvement in efficiency of over 10%.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Jan. 2026
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Each president's portrait is accompanied by a placard describing events during their time in office, including Clinton's impeachment.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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Then, in August 2014, her Modern Family costar Julie Bowen intervened and helped Hyland end her relationship, which, per Hyland's restraining order filing, allegedly led Prokop to threaten to kill her dog and burn down her house.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Park led a presentation Friday morning in the Council Chamber during the City Council’s first session of the new year following a three-week recess.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Cellphone data showed Fuentes was at the crash site, immediately went home and then returned in a different car within 20 minutes, the affidavit said.—
Sofia Saric,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Videos of the shooting in Minnesota showed federal agents approaching Good’s SUV stopped in the middle of a neighborhood street.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Piloted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piloted. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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