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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
In another instance, during his 1995 honeymoon with then-wife Donna Peele, Sheen piloted a passenger jet while drunk.
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Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Charlie Sheen once piloted a jet drunk.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Banijay initially piloted the format on YouTube via Signal.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
As part of activation, Carlyle’s branding will be featured on the Oracle Red Bull Racing RB21 piloted by Max Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda.
—Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Charlie Sheen once piloted a jet drunk.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Banijay initially piloted the format on YouTube via Signal.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
As part of activation, Carlyle’s branding will be featured on the Oracle Red Bull Racing RB21 piloted by Max Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda.
—Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 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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The team’s offensive assistant is Nick Rolovich, who coached at Hawaii from 2016 to 2019 before spending two seasons as head coach at Washington State.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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Marseille, coached by Roberto De Zerbi, have been more mixed in Ligue 1 but are firming up their shape, especially following a 4-0 win over Lorient.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 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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At that time, the dot plot still showed a majority of Fed policymakers (8) believed that rates would be cut twice more in 2025.—
Paul Weinstein Jr,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The latest monthly growth data showed there was zero growth in July, compared with the previous month, spurring concerns that a slowdown was setting in.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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After prominent political activist Charlie Kirk was killed at a speaking event at a Utah university last week, an intense, 30-plus-hour manhunt for a suspect in the shooting ended with him peacefully surrendering at a local sheriff’s office, accompanied by his parents.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
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One of the last formations to march past was an Army weapons-testing platoon accompanied by a number of small quadcopter drones.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Piloted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piloted. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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