navigated

past tense of navigate
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as in steered
to operate or control the course of the hours of training that are required before a student pilot is allowed to navigate an airplane solo

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as in sailed
to travel on water in a vessel the months that were once required to navigate around South America in the days before the Panama Canal

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Recent Examples of navigated Inside the narrow tunnels, which glow green, magenta and orange, the driver navigated shoulderless roadways at 35 mph, which felt fast. Daniel Rothberg, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2025 The future of behavioral biometrics is bright when navigated with honesty and a genuine desire to make things better. Thomas Zawacki, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Aptera has been promising to revolutionize electric mobility for a few years now, and has navigated a number of stops and starts along the way. Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 6 Jan. 2025 In a study, researchers tested this by observing how dogs navigated openings in a wall of different sizes. Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025 By then, this game was simply a quagmire to be navigated. George Caulkin, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025 Linebacker Troy Dye has played well as a starter as the Chargers have navigated injuries at the position. Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025 Small business owners have navigated an unprecedented last few years of bank collapses, a tepid funding landscape, and sky-high interest rates to pressure test their business plans. Brock Blake, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 Marius has navigated serious allegations in recent months, and was reportedly arrested in early August after allegedly acting violent toward an ex-girlfriend at her apartment. Janine Henni, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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  • Samsung will herald its AI future at CES this week, and while the S25 will be more capable than any Galaxy before to process AI on-device, the reality is this is going to be a hybrid solution and the clear differences users had been steered towards are more blurry than before.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • This interest is being steered by Flavio Briatore, their executive advisor, who sees Colapinto as part of a growing trend in Formula 1 to focus on nurturing young talents.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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  • At this stage, use cases are piloted, with work on leveraging enterprise data and developing APIs.
    Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Archetypes range from runaways to doctors and there’s even an opportunity fr a player to play a robot drove being piloted by someone through their neurocaster.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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  • On Sunday, the FBI said its investigation has crossed state and international borders with agents following leads in several states and other countries.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Then with my coming to the organization and bouncing around in different roles, our paths crossed quite a bit.
    Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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  • Police believe owner may have been followed.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Jake followed those rumors with a post suggesting he’d been approached with the concept.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024

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“Navigated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navigated. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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