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Recent Examples of test pilot
In Green Lantern, Reynolds portrayed Hal Jordan, a test pilot who is granted superpowers and joins an intergalactic police force via an all-powerful green ring that grants him his powers.
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Emily Shilling, one of the transgender soldiers who brought the case, is a naval aviator with 19 years of service and flew 60 combat missions before becoming a Navy test pilot.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2025
The new season gets off to a strong start in its opening sequence, in which Cassian steals an imperial fighter ship, posing as a test pilot.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
In 1993, Williams was selected to become a naval test pilot and graduated from the course that same year.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Emily Shilling, one of the transgender soldiers who brought the case, is a naval aviator with 19 years of service and flew 60 combat missions before becoming a Navy test pilot.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2025
The new season gets off to a strong start in its opening sequence, in which Cassian steals an imperial fighter ship, posing as a test pilot.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
In 1993, Williams was selected to become a naval test pilot and graduated from the course that same year.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for test pilot
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On August 19, after climbers and supplies had been organized and a weather window opened up, Alaskan bush pilot Don Sheldon flew the team straight into the Kahiltna Glacier at 9,800 feet to start climbing—nearly three thousand feet above the usual base camp elevation.—
Maya Silver,
Outside Online,
16 Mar. 2025
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On August 19, after climbers and supplies had been organized and a weather window opened up, Alaskan bush pilot Don Sheldon flew the team straight into the Kahiltna Glacier at 9,800 feet to start climbing—nearly three thousand feet above the usual base camp elevation.—
Maya Silver,
Outside Online,
16 Mar. 2025
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Leaders can look to public-private partnerships and scalable pilot projects to address these issues.—
Nadezhda Kosareva,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Currently 15 different states have sanctioned girls flag football as a high school varsity sport and 17 – Connecticut included – have started pilot programs.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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Already bots are handling basic queries from customers, allowing human operators—often working with an AI copilot—to focus on trickier problems.—
Gary Rivlin,
Time,
4 June 2025
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With your second house of indulgence and third house of short trips being activated this summer, this bag will be the ultimate copilot for your spontaneous errands and shopping adventures!—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
29 May 2025
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O’Sullivan went to his ace to open the regional with his freshman jitters behind him.—
Jackson Castellano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 June 2025
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He’s not exactly built to be an innings-eating ace.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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“Test pilot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/test%20pilot. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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