Meaning & use
Piloted
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Operated or steered an aircraft, ship, or other vehicle; also, tested something on a small scale before wider use.
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She piloted the small plane through heavy fog without incident.
The company piloted the new software with a handful of clients before a full launch.
A note on using this word
The figurative sense, meaning to test or trial something, comes from the same idea of carefully guiding something through its first stage.
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