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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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These tools, from chatbots helping with customer inquiries to AI copilot functionalities, are found in platforms such as Microsoft and Salesforce to streamline processes.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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The Spanish investigation revealed that at 10:31 UTC, the captain left the flight deck to use the restroom moments before the copilot collapsed alone.—
Danielle Wallace , Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
19 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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Counting the postseason, Halladay made 150 more starts than Martinez in the 2000s, threw a postseason no-hitter, spun a regular-season perfect game, won two Cy Young Awards, had three more top-three finishes and was the ultimate ace for a decade.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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