piloting
Americannoun
noun
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the navigational handling of a ship near land using buoys, soundings, landmarks, etc, or the finding of a ship's position by such means
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the occupation of a pilot
Etymology
Origin of piloting
Example Sentences
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Piloting an AI use case, understood as running a small-scale test, used to curry favor with investors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Piloting a private plane is obviously an expensive pastime, so it may be natural for the words “flying community” to conjure images of private jets and caviar.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2024
Captain Reyné O’Shaughnessy, cofounder and CEO of Piloting 2 Wellbeing, told Salon this fear often stems from the aviation industry’s “stringent regulations.”
From Salon • Nov. 20, 2023
Piloting all of that is a man most Americans have never heard of, running an agency that is even less well known.
From New York Times • May 28, 2023
Who would not sail with fairy freight Piloting some flat-bottomed barge— A size too small, or else too large— On this old willow-pattern plate?
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 16, 1914 by Various
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