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pilot

[pahy-luht] / ˈpaɪ lət /


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There are also commander and pilot seats, including one that is wheelchair accessible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

It added: "Our prescribing rates reflect that early implementation, as well as local clinical need, rather than participation in a pilot scheme."

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

“We expect some pilot projects for specific tasks to gradually convert into broader deployments starting in 2027, although the pace of scaling remains uncertain,” the bank says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

A pilot program instituting the delivery changes in 18 regions before the 2024 election ran into problems.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

It looked terrible to let an American pilot rot in a Russian prison.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

ServiceNow shared that the company’s investments in cybersecurity are paying off as customers move from AI pilots to scaled production, resulting in an uptick in deal volume.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Men at the pool presented themselves to AFP as pilots or trainers, in some cases former special forces personnel.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Plus, the race to fill next summer’s $50,000 internships and why rogue pilots are the safety threat that no one knows how to stop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

One of the pilots at the Old Bailey led to the London backlog of 500 cases concerning assaults on emergency workers being cut in half over the summer.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The four of them had written a letter together begging Marina to help them become combat pilots, and they joined the 122nd Air Group together.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Equipped with German 5G mobile-phone cards, the drones could be piloted remotely over the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

German officials say they were piloted by Russian military-intelligence agents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Alongside its longstanding classroom-in-residence program, in which fourth- through sixth-grade classes spend a week at the museum, the Hammer piloted its classroom partnership program under Ryan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Seasons of Life workshops are run by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust and have been piloted at several schools in counties Armagh and Tyrone during the last year.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Jenny piloted her specially outfitted dog transport van into a neighborhood filled with cozy brownstone town houses.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

Operators once steering 40-ton bulldozers over the tough, trash-filled terrain of the Marana Regional Landfill near Tucson, Ariz., are now remotely piloting a Caterpillar with a joystick hundreds of yards away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Loggers running fellers, and captains piloting tender boats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

"It's likely that future X-planes will be uncrewed," says Coen, before adding the vital caveats "unless the technology we're researching relates to piloting or if crewing it is more cost-effective".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

“He was flying to Los Angeles that day, piloting a 767. He called and told me to turn on the TV — ‘You won’t believe what is going on in New York.‘”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

It was six in the morning and he’d been driving in silence for most of the night, piloting our station wagon through Arizona, Nevada and Utah.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover


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