pilot
noun
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
will pilot
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future tenseof pilot.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Meta is committing $115 million to the program this year and will pilot it in Louisiana, Ohio, Indiana and Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Victor Glover, who grew up in Pomona, will pilot NASA’s first crewed flight to the moon since 1972.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
He will pilot the spacecraft while also becoming the first Black man -- and first non-white person -- to travel to the Moon.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
To change this, the Home Office has said it will pilot a prevalence study looking at how widespread forced marriage is, as part of a raft of measures to crack down on honour-based abuse.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
"Major Martinez will pilot the MAV remotely from Hermes. It's already designed for remote piloting. It was remotely landed, after all."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
