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pilot

[pahy-luht] / ˈpaɪ lət /


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The agreement will "pilot in the US in the coming months with the intention of other markets to follow."

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

SolarEdge expects to have a fully working, proof-of-concept prototype by the end of the year, and to establish pilot programs at data centers by next year.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

The two fatalities were a Danish pilot and a Greek fire service liaison officer.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

The senior pilot assigned the Sunday shift was demoted days earlier to patrol duty, following a workplace complaint.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

A pilot who shot down ten enemy planes qualified as an “ace” and was hailed as a national hero.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

The government believes its plans, which build on pilots that have been run over recent years, will help tackle this issue and ensure people receive expert care when they need it.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

On board the plane was a cockpit crew of eight people from Airbus's testing division, accompanied by two Qantas pilots.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

Jouppi swore he had no idea; bush pilots do not rummage through their passengers’ bags.

From Slate Jul. 28, 2026

Alaska also plans to replace Hawaiian Airlines’s retiring Boeing 717 fleet with Hawaiian-branded Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with an enhanced onboard experience and Honolulu-based pilots and flight attendants.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

The other two regiments were to fly planes that would need a navigator to go along as part of the aircrew; Marina was going to have to appoint nearly as many navigators as pilots.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Kush Desai, a White House spokesman, told AFP "Marine One flights are piloted by some of the best aviators in the world, and at no point was the president in harm's way."

From Barron's Aug. 5, 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

Helicopters piloted by emergency responders flew sorties to deliver water in a bid to douse the fires.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

In the UK, where delivery robots are being piloted in a number of cities, some locals have taken matters into their own hands.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Immediately, the Sitka came alongside Endurance and, with a whale carcass acting as a bumper between the two vessels in the heavy waves, piloted the ship into Grytviken.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Manas Yuk, an 18-year-old Sudanese national, was sentenced to 18 months in youth detention after piloting a boat carrying 81 people - including a number of children - just days prior.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

The commission is also piloting an age-verification app intended to verify whether users are over 18 if they want to access restricted online content.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Allstate, for example, is piloting direct sales done entirely by AI in three states, Chief Executive Tom Wilson told investors in April.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

The insurer is piloting an AI assistant for customers reporting auto losses, according to an internal State Farm report on takeaways from the Vegas convention reviewed by the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

But almost everything else Ratwatte did that made that emergency landing a success fell outside the strict definition of piloting skills.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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