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flight path

noun

Definition of flight path

as in trajectory

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Recent Examples of flight path The construction site is directly beneath a flight path to Reagan National Airport, and large cranes might be less than two hundred feet from descending planes. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026 Your next DoorDash order could arrive with a flight path instead of a driver. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Before the next disaster, the city and the FAA owe the tens of thousands of residents living under this flight path a proactive plan, not another investigation after another catastrophe. — Janet Handal, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026 Satellite data showed the plane turned from its flight path and headed south to the far-southern Indian Ocean, where it is believed to have crashed. — Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for flight path

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Noun

The trajectories separated into four distinct clusters corresponding to rest, meditation, music, and the movie.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026
If this trajectory continues, those proportions will only grow, with red states turning maximally red and blue states maximally blue.

— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of trajectory

Noun

Along the island’s southern arc are some volcanically colorful beaches near Akrotiri.

— Rick Steves, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
As a whole, the ballet’s arc can feel unfocussed, arhythmic—some parts overstuffed with action, others failing to fill with expressive movement Joby Talbot’s lavish score.

— Hannah Aizenman, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of arc

Noun

The 42 intricate episodes lining the walls of the Guggenheim’s rotunda follow the iconic winding path of the museum’s white spiral — a path not unlike the circuitous course of a life or a nation’s history.

— Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
Choi has rarely followed the conventional path for a Korean actor.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of path

Noun

Employers have the biggest interest in making pathways to growing jobs more direct, particularly given the country’s aging population.

— Eric Kutcher, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
Under this new pathway, only the nuclear module follows the exhaustive atomic licensing schedule, while the turbine complex proceeds under standard commercial timelines.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of pathway

Noun

As the business has grown, Nouri’s customers increasingly look for more ways to express their personal style on their wedding day.

— Madison Collins, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Someone who has regarded filmmaking as a mysterious occupation might begin to see a way into it.

— Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026

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