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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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as in navigated
to operate or control the course of
managed to pilot the plane to safety despite the failure of the left engine
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Recent Examples of piloted
Despite the 10-seat Cessna piloted by Morales arriving nearly two hours late, the weight of the passengers and their baggage weren't checked prior to boarding, as required by federal regulations, according to the publication.
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Makena Gera, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
At B’nai Shalom in Greensboro, North Carolina, Rabbi Rebecca Ben-Gideon and Eliana Light piloted and developed a program with the help of the Jewish Education Innovation Challenge in which middle schoolers focus on names — both their own and the many names used for God.
—Debra Rubin, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
Rachel was riding on a jet ski in Fort Lauderdale’s Intracoastal Waterway on Tuesday, piloted by her 16-year-old sister Aviva, when the watercraft jumped the wake of another vessel and crashed into a dock, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission told the Miami Herald.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 17 Aug. 2025
Sometimes my evenings, too, are an exercise in box-checking, dissociation, and faux self-care, my body piloted by a brain that has never quite switched off work mode.
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
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Makena Gera, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
At B’nai Shalom in Greensboro, North Carolina, Rabbi Rebecca Ben-Gideon and Eliana Light piloted and developed a program with the help of the Jewish Education Innovation Challenge in which middle schoolers focus on names — both their own and the many names used for God.
—Debra Rubin, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
Rachel was riding on a jet ski in Fort Lauderdale’s Intracoastal Waterway on Tuesday, piloted by her 16-year-old sister Aviva, when the watercraft jumped the wake of another vessel and crashed into a dock, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission told the Miami Herald.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 17 Aug. 2025
Sometimes my evenings, too, are an exercise in box-checking, dissociation, and faux self-care, my body piloted by a brain that has never quite switched off work mode.
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piloted
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Leading the team is head coach Cheryl Reeve, the league’s only four-time Coach of the Year (2011, 2016, 2020, 2024), who has guided Minnesota for 15 seasons, from 2010 through 2025.—
Jenn Nelson,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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But she was guided by her formidable stage mom.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
14 Sep. 2025
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Other patrons saw us with cell phones — an immense luxury at the time — and steered clear of us.—
Martin Suarez,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO and HBO Max Content, has steered HBO for almost a decade, successfully transforming the cable network into a streaming brand while keeping it an Emmy juggernaut with shows such as Succession, The White Lotus and The Last of Us.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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That looks like a different Caleb Williams to me, so Ben Johnson's coached him hard this offseason.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Vrabel, who never coached under Belichick, isn’t making that mistake.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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This is particularly relevant in the case of ChatGPT, as OpenAI is, as of writing, obliged by a US federal court order to store all conversations, even those deleted by users or conducted in its Temporary Chat mode.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Following the indictment, the FBI on Wednesday conducted a raid near Augusta, Georgia, arresting leaders after years of allegations that the church operated like a cult and preyed on military communities nationwide.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Video of the fatal attack showed Kirk speaking to a large crowd of people on the university campus as a shot rings out.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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Kirk was addressing a crowd of thousands of people at an outdoor event at the campus in Oren, Utah, when video showed a bullet hitting him in the neck area.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The First 70 Years contains impeccable research and analysis, accompanied by fascinating photos of the sets, film crews, and casts.—
Michael Taube,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Getty Images What To Know Erika Kirk was seen departing Air Force Two in Phoenix on Thursday accompanied by Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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