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as in guided
to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed
piloted the figure skater through the national championships
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as in steered
to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front
the lead rider piloted the rest of the team
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as in navigated
to operate or control the course of
managed to pilot the plane to safety despite the failure of the left engine
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Recent Examples of piloted
Scientists put them in little rat-sized cars that the rodents dutifully piloted toward a Froot Loop treat.
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
Large language models and GPTs should be immediately and continuously piloted.
—Steve Andriole, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The plane piloted by Charlie, thought to be Herbert Brown, was recovered, but his body was not.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
The system being piloted in Plymouth Meeting will let shoppers order items from Amazon’s website and its online grocery service, Amazon Fresh, while browsing Whole Foods.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2024
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
Large language models and GPTs should be immediately and continuously piloted.
—Steve Andriole, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The plane piloted by Charlie, thought to be Herbert Brown, was recovered, but his body was not.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
The system being piloted in Plymouth Meeting will let shoppers order items from Amazon’s website and its online grocery service, Amazon Fresh, while browsing Whole Foods.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2024
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During your early years on The Simple Life, you were somewhat guided by producers and were more so the reality TV stars on-screen.Jeff Conway, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The company raised its sales guidance for the year but guided down on the earnings side.David Moin, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
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While Mercury Records steered the promotional ship, Big Loud held its own.William Earl, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
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With the help of microRNA technology to control gene expression, researchers steered the spheroids to grow into actual bone.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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Lindsey, who also coached with Gus Malzahn at UCF in 2022 and at Auburn in 2017 and 2018, fits that description.Bruce Feldman, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Head coach Kevin Young coached my favorite player in KD and coached Devin Booker.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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And finally, private laboratories and state veterinarians are also required to share any positive results from tests conducted on raw milk with the agency.Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Hilton Hotels Hilton conducted a survey focused on connectivity and personalization that found that 60% of travelers book consistently with one brand or one credit card to maximize their benefits.Michael Benedek, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Google first showed a demo of its all-encompassing, multimodal virtual assistant at Google I/O this spring and clearly imagines Astra as an always-on helper in your life.David Pierce, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024
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In 2021, the Federal Reserve Z Report showed open end municipal bond mutual funds hit an all-time high, totaling over $1,089 billion.Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Finally, the topmost aim is to allow the use of a separate video as the input source, possibly accompanied by text and images, all of which the generative AI utilizes to produce a suitable video.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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There are certainly true believers in the technology, but they are accompanied by celebrities and memelords drumming up new coins based on viral memes, and scores of day traders hoping to catch one of these speculation tokens at the right moment.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
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