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

But the latest report suggests that there are already two more updates almost on the glide path. —David Phelan, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026

Whoever wins is on a glide path to Congress as no Republicans are running for the seat. —Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 19 May 2026

That means essentially Warsh is on the glide path now. —NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026

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