copilot

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Recent Examples of copilot On board were the pilot, a copilot, a physician, a paramedic, the patient, and the escort for the patient, Jet Rescue Air Ambulance said. Dennis Romero, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2025 Here's who is eligible, how to file Air ambulance passengers, flight crew identified While Philadelphia recovers, the families of the six people aboard the plane − a pilot and copilot, two medical personnel, a patient and her mother −mourn. Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025 The company said there were four crew members and two passengers on the plane at the time – a pilot, copilot, physician, paramedic, pediatric patient and her mother. Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2025 Among those on board were a pilot, copilot, doctor and paramedic, Gold added. Juliana Kim, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for copilot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for copilot
Noun
  • Key areas of focus include service and claims processing, where pilots and proofs of concept have already moved into production.
    Peter High, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • That’s why the company’s focus in the coming decade is on producing and scaling the best AI pilot through its software platform that enables its partners to deploy their own specialized vehicles and machines.
    Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The first people selected to train for space flight were U.S. Navy test pilots, like Alan Shepard, the first American to go to space (May 5, 1961), and the second person after Yuri Gagarin (April 12, 1961).
    Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The test pilots were to originally spend eight days aboard the ISS in June, but this grew to eight months after NASA decided to bring Boeing's faulty Starliner capsule back to Earth without a crew in September.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is the mission commander with aviator John Shoffner as pilot and two mission specialist seats paid for by the Saudi Space Commission, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
  • So for the fall, creative director Émilie Arnault drew inspiration on a person who spent his life between both: French aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
    Lily Templeton, WWD, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Among those killed were three airmen from the Mountain Home Air Force base: Senior Airman Carlos V. Johnson, 23; Senior Airman Lawrence P. Manlapit III, 26; and Senior Airman Karlie A. Westall, 21.
    Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Guardian is the military's term for a member of the Space Force, comparable to airmen, sailors, soldiers, and marines.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The charismatic flyboy of the sequel trilogy is a true rebel, even questioning commands from his boss, and a top-notch choice for attacking an oversized space station.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
  • Butler has the look of an actor who would be cast as a cocky flyboy in a 1940s movie, but Cleven is too smooth to give him much to play, especially after his love interest — Isabel May’s Marge — is introduced in the premiere and then never seen again.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • San Diego Padres' ace Dylan Cease is entering the final year of his contract.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The former Mets’ ace signed a five-year deal with the Texas Rangers, underwent the surgery on June 12, 2023 and returned Sept. 13. deGrom is a little over two years older than Cole and was averaging 99.1 on the pitch before undergoing the operation a few days before his 35th birthday.
    Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025

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“Copilot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copilot. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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