How to Use unmanned in a Sentence

unmanned

adjective
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  • The 'so what?' is because of the speed and stealth of these unmanned AC.
    — Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The 5th Fleet launched its unmanned Task Force 59 last year.
    — Jon Gambrell, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Divers and unmanned naval vessels pulled up the rest from the bottom of the ocean.
    — Arkansas Online, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The Emirates plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2024.
    — NBC News, 5 Oct. 2021
  • In 2024, the country hopes to put an unmanned spacecraft on the moon.
    — Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 10 Apr. 2021
  • It’s not exactly the same as the unmanned rovers of Earth.
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Feb. 2021
  • No one was injured in the fire at the unmanned station.
    — Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
  • In 2019, China became the first country to send an unmanned rover to the far side of the moon.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Bolton got his chance in 2019 when Iran shot down an unmanned U.S. drone.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2020
  • The sole low counter was at the far end and unmanned with its computer shut down.
    — Curbed, 19 July 2023
  • These are now the deepest wreck dives, manned or unmanned, on record.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Last year, China became the first country to send an unmanned rover to the far side of the moon.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Japan will provide the unmanned launch spacecraft and the rover, which will explore the moon’s south pole.
    — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Houthi rebels there have for months choked the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden with unmanned weaponry, both in the sky and on the water.
    — Colin Demarest, Axios, 19 July 2024
  • That's what the Navy has in mind for its fleet of large unmanned surface vessels.
    — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2021
  • And for good measure, Novikov claimed the Air Force will expand its fleet of unmanned craft to eight by 2025.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2021
  • Artemis 1, an unmanned rocket, is scheduled for a mission to the Moon and back that will last up to 42 days.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2022
  • One of the sites hit Sunday was used in the launch and recovery of armed unmanned aircraft.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • Days later, the unmanned flight test was delayed again due to a fuel leak.
    — Jason Hahn, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2022
  • In 1966, the USSR accomplished the first unmanned moon landing.
    — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 9 Mar. 2021
  • The spokeswoman added that the current manning for the TACP field is currently at 80%, and that cuts to the available jobs would start with the unmanned 20%.
    — Michael Lee, Fox News, 22 June 2023
  • As the video above shows, the Su-35 Flanker-E fighter jet approached the unmanned drone from the rear and accelerated in front of it.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 31 July 2023
  • And the Navy’s promise to field a large fleet of unmanned ships faces uncertainty.
    — Brad Dress, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
  • On July 17, the Kerch bridge was hit again, this time by an unmanned seaborne vehicle.
    — Oleksandr Chubko, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2023
  • After a day and a half of work, the unmanned submersible returns to the Offshore Surveyor.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Both manned and unmanned vessels have reached these depths, called Challenger Deep.
    — Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The fact that the spacecraft may be unmanned also poses challenges.
    — Kat Friedrich, Popular Mechanics, 7 Nov. 2022
  • SpaceX also plans to have an unmanned mission land on Mars in two years and humans on Mars in four years.
    — William Gavin, Quartz, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The Navy is plunging into the brave new world of unmanned surface vessels, or USVs.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 June 2020
  • Based on several years of operations, the proponents of this approach are seeking to allow an unmanned follower truck.
    — Richard Bishop, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025

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