pilot
noun
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
piloted
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past participleof pilot.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof pilot.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
pilotnouna person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
Example Sentences
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Looking out to 2030, viability "remains extremely limited and mainly only concerns raw materials", Eve Barre, an economist who piloted the Coface study, said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Archer got its start one year earlier, aiming to bring piloted air taxis to the mass market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
More police forces are adopting A.I. facial scanners; the tech is being piloted in schools, buses, and stores as well.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Meanwhile, 13 children were aboard the overcrowded dinghy piloted by Yuk two days earlier - some of whom were not wearing life jackets.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Several staged sets of chutes deployed automatically to slow our descent, then Martinez manually piloted us to the ground, using the thrusters to slow descent and control our lateral motion.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
