aviated; aviating
: to navigate the air (as in an airplane)
Examples of aviate in a Sentence
once humankind learned how to aviate, the world became a much smaller place
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Excitement over the Pilots’ decade-spanning narrative’s final installment, combined with the variety of available physical editions and a relatively slow release week, could result in the duo once again aviating its way to the Billboard 200’s apex. —
Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Aviate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/aviate. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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