glide path

noun

1

: glide slope

2

: a course of action that leads easily to an expected outcome

While Markey has been a fine member of Congress for decades, he isn't owed a glide path to another term.

—Adrian Walker

… a state that invests more in locking up prisoners than in opening doors to education is on a glide path to mediocrity.

—John Stobo

Elite law schools are not always a glide path to becoming a partner at a big law firm.

—Elizabeth Olson

Examples of glide path in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With the Senate putting its important touch on the resolution by moving to a policy baseline that would make the tax cuts permanent, Republicans are on a clear glide path to an historic win. —Stewart Whitson, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2025

Barring a perfunctory procedural vote in the House, House Bill 1004 is on a glide path to Polis’ desk after clearing the Senate on Monday. —Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 29 Apr. 2025

As the plane approached, the tower cautioned the pilots about a potential airflow disturbance in the glide path due to a preceding aircraft. —Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025

Even with potential ethics action looming, Zhuang’s clinching of the Conservative Party ballot line puts her on a glide path to reelection. —Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for glide path

• aftermath
• multipath
• psychopath
• bloodbath
• footpath
• towpath
• warpath
• hath
• lath
• math
• rath
• spath