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

While many glide paths look similar, there can be a big difference from fund to fund. —Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026

Tit-for-tat attacks on oil and gas sites across the Middle East in recent days have all but foreclosed that glide path, since repairs could stretch on for months and diminish fuel supply in the meantime, industry analysts told ABC News. —Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026

Both are progressive and would likely face a glide path to victory in the state's bluest district come November. —Stephen Fowler, NPR, 3 Mar. 2026

Paramount’s bid now appears to be on a glide path, at least at the federal level. —Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 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