Thesaurus results for FLIGHT PATH

flight path

noun

as in trajectory

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Recent Examples of flight path But the drone’s flight path could be read as a message from Iran about the perils of war. —

Nancy A. Youssef, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026 Residents who live directly under the airport's flight path have raised health concerns for years. —

Karen Morfitt, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026 High offshore winds forecasted in the flight path for the spacecraft is what prompted NASA and SpaceX to bump the launch window another day. —

Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026 The flight path for the Crew Dragon Freedom needs to have good weather conditions in case of an abort, and high winds are expected along the eastern seaboard. —

Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flight path

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His mandate will be reassuring US consumers about the trajectory of their energy bills — gasoline is now nearly $4 per gallon on average nationwide, the highest level since 2023.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Eric Smith, literary agent and founder of Neighborhood Literary, agreed that for novelists, the product is what dictates the trajectory – more so than who the author is.

— Josh Rivera, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026