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flight paths

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plural of flight path

as in trajectories

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The mission is designed to provide valuable data on how kinetic impacts can be used to alter asteroid trajectories and improve future planetary defense capabilities.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
About half of all autocracies have experienced similar trajectories after opening their economies.

— José Kaire, The Conversation, 17 July 2026

Definition of trajectories

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His personal and professional arcs don’t have to align with any logic.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 July 2026
The pilot episode of the legendary sitcom premiered on NBC on July 5, 1989, changing television by focusing on everyday — often absurd — occurrences instead of tantalizing drama, serial plots or episodic story arcs.

— Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

Definition of arcs

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Fans wailed outside St James’ and Keegan stood on the steps to placate them, but then Les Ferdinand arrived and another Hollywood-upon-Tyne took shape.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Most services still route residents through PDFs, paper or in-person steps.

— Brian Chidester, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

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Bab al-Mandab, which translates as the Gate of Tears, is located at the southern end of the Red Sea and is a critical gateway to the Suez Canal, linking Europe and Asia through one of the world’s busiest shipping routes.

— Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Dipping up and down between mountains and villages, the path takes walkers along Edo-period highways, old mining roads, and ancient routes used for shugendo, Japanese spiritual tradition involving ascetic training on mountain pilgrimages.

— Gloria Liu, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026

Definition of routes

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As the last remaining commercial course in the Chicago area, Hawthorne’s closure is the end of an era that once saw five tracks running the most popular spectator sport in the country.

— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
These are the men and women who spent decades operating buses, maintaining subways, repairing tracks, and kept New York moving through snowstorms, terrorist attacks, and a global pandemic.

— Marianne Pizzitola, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026

Definition of tracks

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Uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing are the two main pathways to create the core material necessary to build nuclear weapons.

— Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
This significant transaction, announced Wednesday, marks the first transfer since IndyCar's Charter System began in late 2024, proving its intended purpose of creating team value and clear entry pathways.

— Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of pathways

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Taking care of their own Across Hill Country, the floodwaters carved different paths of destruction.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
When done well, this can create room for people to move up the value chain, but only if organizations intentionally redesign roles, performance metrics, and career paths around this new reality.

— Nigel Vaz, Time, 20 July 2026

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