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flight paths

noun

plural of flight path
as in trajectories

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flight paths
  1. trajectories
  2. arcs
  3. steps
  4. routes
  5. tracks
  6. pathways
  7. paths
Noun
  • Thursday Night Football brings us two teams on very different trajectories.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The valuation trajectories of these companies indicate that investors do not anticipate such a turnaround.
    — Andrew McAfee, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of trajectories
Noun
  • Nordrum didn’t quite rip out my heart the way Rickman did 31 years ago, but his watchful intensity gives him one of the most moving character arcs.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Sending tentative arcs back and forth is a far easier endeavour.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of arcs
Noun
  • The administration has made substantive steps to begin work on a number of projects, despite the fact they are still being litigated.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Fewer steps for battery makers The approach could also help manufacturers reduce manufacturing complexity if fewer coating and lubrication stages are required.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of steps
Noun
  • However, their effectiveness can be limited against drones navigating along preprogrammed routes or communicating through fiber-optic cables.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
  • While Levine Cava’s reductions on late-night routes survived intact in the budget, commissioners agreed to take up the issue again this fall before the cuts took effect this spring.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of routes
Noun
  • With all that said, there are still a lot of pleasures in this production that remain failsafe, even after the ride toward a way-too-inevitable outcome is firmly on its tracks.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Leigh feared the tracks might be too arch, too pretentious, too insincere.
    — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of tracks
Noun
  • And beyond your morning cup of coffee or tea, the study also opens up new pathways for research.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The resulting electrode must maintain connected pathways for both electrons and lithium ions.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of pathways
Noun
  • Outbuildings hold two dozen bicycles for rides along Davis’ bike paths.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Reasoning paths and summaries are techniques some AI developers have used in distillation attacks, in which a model maker trains their technology on another model's outputs.
    — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of paths
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“Flight paths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flight%20paths. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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