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

As the employee begins to approach retirement and the DC account balance grows, the percentage of their contribution allocated to the annuity could increase as part of a glide path. — Jeff Stevenson, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

The single face-to-face debate in the race offered Blakeman a chance to grab voters attention and knock Hochul off what has long looked like a glide path to victory. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026

The race has been marked by frustration among Democrats — at either Bodnar for not running as a Democrat himself, or at the Democratic nominee, Alani Bankhead, for not dropping out and creating a glide path for Bodnar. — Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026

Vance stumped in Florida, putting the Republican Party's highest-ranking officials in areas where GOP candidates once expected to have glide paths to victory but are now facing tougher races. — Michelle L. Price, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026

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