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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
The Lost in Space ship was piloted by Guy Williams as the expedition commander and Lockhart's onscreen husband, Professor John Robinson, and Mark Goddard's Major West.
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Chinese eVTOL maker eHang has a similar electric air taxi operation, though that one is piloted remotely in several Chinese cities.
—J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
Project Eluna will be piloted at an undisclosed fulfillment center in Tennessee this holiday season, and will initially assist operators with sortation optimization.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
This tool was announced last year in partnership with Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and piloted in December to help actors and athletes take down their deepfakes.
—PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Chinese eVTOL maker eHang has a similar electric air taxi operation, though that one is piloted remotely in several Chinese cities.
—J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
Project Eluna will be piloted at an undisclosed fulfillment center in Tennessee this holiday season, and will initially assist operators with sortation optimization.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
This tool was announced last year in partnership with Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and piloted in December to help actors and athletes take down their deepfakes.
—PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piloted
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The star quarterback guided the team on a 12-play, 71-yard drive that ended with a Josh Jacobs touchdown run.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Edwards guided Luton Town to promotion to the Premier League in 2023 but departed in January with the club narrowly above the Championship relegation zone.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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There Paola steered my hand around two shallow reflecting pools.—
Ryan Knighton,
AFAR Media,
31 Oct. 2025
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Navan, and Zeev, waited patiently as the company steered itself back to growth.—
Michal Lev-Ram, CNBC Contributor,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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Seattle’s addition addresses both depth at receiver and return-team needs while reuniting Shaheed with offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, who coached him in New Orleans last season.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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There is not a single player left from the team Jim Larranaga coached before abruptly retiring midway through last season after 14 years on the UM sideline.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
2 Nov. 2025
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Arkansas elections are currently conducted using two devices -- an ExpressVote device, which is the machine voters use to mark ballots, and the DS200 tabulator.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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Spanberger has led the race in every major poll for months, including by as much as 10% in an Emerson College poll conducted in September.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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Horan and Adéla created the Provocateur aesthetic of leotards, tapping into her ballet past and the avant-garde, almost alien-like looks that have accompanied her art and performances over the last year.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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Temperatures are expected to drop roughly 10 degrees colder than Friday and be accompanied by a stiff northwest breeze.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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All are dressed in period garb — Clarkson in a gorgeous gown and her band, My Band Y’all, led by musical director and keyboardist Jason Halbert, in formal white dinner jackets typical of musical acts at the time.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Chicago had led or been tied through two periods in nine of its first 10 games, and only trailed Los Angeles by one entering the third.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Footage captured on the ground showed just how quickly the low-lying farmlands were submerged by rainwater.—
Avery Schmitz,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Those same records also showed that the only other purchases of BAM in the state of Colorado had been from the Colorado Parks and Wildlife agency and the National Parks Service — both of which maintained careful records of any use of the drug, per the indictment.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Piloted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piloted. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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