How to Use navigator in a Sentence

navigator

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  • The ship is equipped with a satellite navigator.
  • The crew includes a copilot and a navigator.
  • Would you be willing to act as navigator while I drive?
  • Samuel, the most reserved of the three, assumed the role of navigator.
    — Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 8 July 2024
  • And this here,’ Leox said with a grin, ‘is our ship’s navigator, Geode.
    — David Bressan, Forbes, 4 May 2021
  • Check the store navigator to find a local store open near you this April 21.
    — Taysha Murtaugh and Nicol Natale, Woman's Day, 11 Feb. 2019
  • Check the store navigator to find a local store open near you this April 12.
    — Nicol Natale, Woman's Day, 7 Apr. 2020
  • The crew, consisting of the pilot and the navigator, both ejected from the plane.
    — Valerie Pavilonis, USA TODAY, 10 May 2022
  • The last person to do so was in the 1990s who worked as a navigator, according to NOAA records.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2020
  • With the Dutch ship’s captain too ill to move, the crew sent English navigator William Adams in his place.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
  • And the point of the navigators isn't to run up huge enrollment numbers.
    — Colby Itkowitz, Washington Post, 12 July 2018
  • Earhart embarked on her quest to fly around the world in the summer of 1937 with her navigator, Fred Noonan.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The nipples on the tetas of the nanny Fidelia were the navigator, the pathfinder, the salvation of all those who lost their way.
    — Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • About a dozen navigators, all locals, have been hired to guide victims through the process.
    — Megan Gleason, ProPublica, 17 July 2023
  • The navigator himself turned to the captain, seated on the port side of the pilothouse.
    — Annie Murphy Paul, Wired, 15 June 2021
  • This is a huge cut to navigator programs across the country.
    — Robert Pear, New York Times, 10 July 2018
  • That said, take a look at the best GPS navigators for travel below.
    — Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The navigator does not need to see the horizon or know the local vertical.
    — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2021
  • Both teams slipped back into the desert night, meeting the navigator at a rendezvous point.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The plane crashed and Kick was instantly killed, along with Peter, the pilot and a navigator.
    — Tierney McAfee, Peoplemag, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Both the pilot and the navigator managed to eject safely.
    — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2018
  • Sometimes there are a lot of phone calls back and forth between the navigator and patient, sometimes not.
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Behind her, a young man, his dark hair short, the beginnings of a beard over his jaw, knelt on the decking behind the navigator’s seat.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 19 May 2022
  • The flat boat has four padded rows with backs, and Legoland will cap the capacity at 11 people — only 8 of them adults — plus the navigator.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2023
  • One of his own sons, William, served as a navigator on the Industry, and his son-in-law Pardon Cook was one of the ship’s officers.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Killey’s nurse navigator was Stacey Webb, who was never more than a quick phone call away.
    — David Buice, Dallas News, 20 Dec. 2019
  • In 1937, Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan attempted to fly around the world.
    — Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2022
  • Somewhere along the way, the Electra became too heavy and short on fuel, and the pilot and her navigator lost sight of the tiny, two-and-a-half-square-mile island in the middle of the ocean.
    — Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2023
  • On board is a pilot, a special navigator who boards ships to guide them through waterways and ports.
    — Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The city has hired a new permit navigator, who will help companies navigate and streamline the city’s permit process.
    — Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024

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