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navigators

noun

plural of navigator

as in sailors

one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel our crew comprised a captain, a navigator, and a few deckhands

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Recent Examples of navigators That initiative pairs law enforcement with community navigators and credible messengers to engage at-risk young people and their families. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Celestial navigators who do this will need to account for the growing difference between UTC and UT1 when determining their precise position on Earth. — Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026 Recent job postings for navigators promote salaries of roughly $40,000 to $50,000 a year. — Justin Garcia, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026 The largest group, 101 new Hope navigators classified by the state as senior human services program analysts, came out of local eligibility offices. — Sharmila Venkatasubban, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026 The shelter will be open only to Elk Grove residents or people with deep ties to the city, verified through a vetting process, who receive referrals from the city’s homeless services navigators or police officers. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026 As our study shows, navigators can streamline outreach tactics and serve as an educational touchpoint to beneficiaries about Medicaid and the redetermination process. — Rebecca Myerson, STAT, 10 Aug. 2026 Many oncology practices have resources like nurse navigators, social workers, and chaplains available for patients. — Nicole Pajer, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026 Troutman said nonurgent calls redirected to the nurse navigators will result in cost savings for Arlington. — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026

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Bulgarians voted against a backdrop of growing economic hardship and drone attacks on Black Sea shipping, which have left several sailors dead or missing.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Out in the harbor, the skeletons of derelict ships abandoned by sailors who had gone searching for gold formed the first and strangest San Francisco skyline.

— Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of sailors

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According to family history, DaCosta Levy’s family lineage traced to Portugal, where his ancestors had been mariners — almost certainly Sephardic Jews who scattered across the Atlantic world after the Inquisition.

— Zachary Kranc, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026
The Mexican navy urged mariners and coastal residents to exercise extreme caution, citing high waves, heavy rain and the risk of rising rivers, flooding and landslides.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

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