glide path
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: 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
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
John StoboElite law schools are not always a glide path to becoming a partner at a big law firm.—Elizabeth Olson
Elizabeth OlsonExamples of glide path in a Sentence
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Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images Facing the political novice and former baseball player in the fall could put Schiff on a glide path to the Senate seat.
—Nikole Killion, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024
Lynch didn’t ride a glide path from Solana Beach to a bronze bust in Canton.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
Is this just a glide path to Donald Trump securing the nomination of the party?
—CBS News, 14 Jan. 2024
That would support household incomes while helping inflation drift lower, putting the economy on a glide path to a soft landing—as long as the slowdown isn’t too severe.
—Jeffrey Sparshott, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2024
Still, the president is on a glide path to the nomination.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2023
Together, this lower-footprint military presence could offer a glide path toward normalization.
—Steven Simon and Adam Weinstein, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2023
As one troubled front-runner tightens his grip on the Republican nomination, President Joe Biden is on a glide path to victory on the Democratic side.
—Steve Peoples, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images While inflation continued on a downward glide path in July, economists say to brace for some turbulence in coming months as rising energy and food prices disrupt that process.
—Gwynn Guilford, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2023
Nikole Killion, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024
Lynch didn’t ride a glide path from Solana Beach to a bronze bust in Canton.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
Is this just a glide path to Donald Trump securing the nomination of the party?
—CBS News, 14 Jan. 2024
That would support household incomes while helping inflation drift lower, putting the economy on a glide path to a soft landing—as long as the slowdown isn’t too severe.
—Jeffrey Sparshott, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2024
Still, the president is on a glide path to the nomination.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2023
Together, this lower-footprint military presence could offer a glide path toward normalization.
—Steven Simon and Adam Weinstein, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2023
As one troubled front-runner tightens his grip on the Republican nomination, President Joe Biden is on a glide path to victory on the Democratic side.
—Steve Peoples, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images While inflation continued on a downward glide path in July, economists say to brace for some turbulence in coming months as rising energy and food prices disrupt that process.
—Gwynn Guilford, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2023
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