pilot
noun
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
have been piloting
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present perfect progressiveof pilot.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Customers that have been piloting Amazon Supply Chain Services include consumer-goods giant Procter & Gamble, which is using Amazon’s freight network to ship raw materials to production facilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
"We have been piloting with 100 farmers for production of seeds only for the past one year," says Nebert Nyirenda, the company director.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2023
The portable setup and constant access have been lauded by departments that have been piloting the program.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2022
Babcock was believed to have been piloting the plane when it came down about 600 meters off the end of the runway in a forested area, the statement said.
From Reuters ● May 28, 2019
I have been piloting for about three years now and I'm almost twenty.
From Deathworld by H. R. van Dongen
