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Recent Examples of flight path
There’s also something known as the point of no return, a point in the flight path at which an aircraft can’t safely return to its departure airfield, or divert to other airfields.
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George Petras, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
This causes a sudden, disorienting shift in the drone’s flight path, making it that much harder for the anti-drone missile to do its job.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2025
About 250 residences in areas in the flight path of San Diego International Airport — including Point Loma and Ocean Beach — will be eligible for sound-dampening improvements under a $15 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2025
Which cities can see ULA Atlas V rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida?
ULA provided a helpful graphic (see above) that shows the Atlas V launch of Kuiper 1 for Amazon and its intended flight path and launch visibility.
—Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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George Petras, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
This causes a sudden, disorienting shift in the drone’s flight path, making it that much harder for the anti-drone missile to do its job.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2025
About 250 residences in areas in the flight path of San Diego International Airport — including Point Loma and Ocean Beach — will be eligible for sound-dampening improvements under a $15 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2025
Which cities can see ULA Atlas V rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida?
ULA provided a helpful graphic (see above) that shows the Atlas V launch of Kuiper 1 for Amazon and its intended flight path and launch visibility.
—Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flight path
Noun
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That’s assuming no more Fed officials are fired, which could change the trajectory of monetary policy for the next few years.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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But there wasn’t an obvious upward trajectory during training camp and the preseason.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But the arc of that story has grown harder to follow.—
Alice Lassman,
Time,
8 Sep. 2025
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On the automotive front, that character arc can be represented by the transition from the baronial elegance of the Bentley S2 Continental to the manifestation of rebellion found in the muscle cars from Motor City.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
8 Sep. 2025
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In addition to optimizing queries, Espresso routes queries between different compute clusters to maximize efficiency.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The location of the firearm appears to match the suspect's route of travel, the sources said.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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But when their paths do cross, fireworks usually follow.—
Jay Paris,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Kirk’s path to national prominence was unlike that of other MAGA icons.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These precautions help reduce the risk of electrical surges, as lightning can follow conductive pathways.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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To approximate those strand-sized pathways, the team fashioned channels in ice using human hair.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The track’s success proved his instincts right about creating accessible entry points for new audiences.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
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The band’s ninth studio album has been restored, remastered and expanded with an additional 25 bonus tracks, spanning alternate studio takes and live recordings by the famed bootlegger Mike Millard at Pink Floyd’s Los Angeles Sports Arena concert on April 26, 1975.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Individuals with troublesome tax histories should seek advice on potential exposure and consider remedial steps.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Positive steps toward a reconciliation seemed to take place over the summer, with Prince Harry's aides and one of the King's key staffers meeting for the first time in July.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Financial reports, client data, or confidential business information can be uploaded in ways that sidestep official security and AI policies, often neutralizing safeguards intended to keep information safe.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Selena Gomez’s Emmys 2025 manicure was barely there, in the best way.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
15 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Flight path.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flight%20path. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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