primrose path

noun

Definition of primrose pathnext
as in hog heaven

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Recent Examples of primrose path There are 700 million weekly active users of ChatGPT, and perhaps billions of users when adding in the usage of competing LLMs, all of whom are potentially being led down a primrose path by AI. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 The use of words like understands, thinks, and reasons are all subtle and sneaky ways to lead you down a primrose path to believing that contemporary AI is sentient. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024 And a few surface-level parallels between President Joe Biden and his Democratic predecessor in the 1990s suggest some perils for Republicans expecting a primrose path to the White House in 2024. — Patrick T. Brown, CNN, 10 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for primrose path
Recent Examples of Synonyms for primrose path
  1. hog heaven
  2. easy street
  3. rest
  4. good life
  5. picnic
  6. ease
Noun
  • Designers and architects who specialize in lighting design must be in hog heaven.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Pictured grinning on the big screens, Perazzo looked to be in hog heaven.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 19 May 2024
Definition of hog heaven
Noun
  • The Bruins lived on easy street for more than a decade.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 8 May 2026
  • While most of Waymo's miles are on the easy streets of Phoenix, having no injury liability in 22 miles is a very impressive result, particuarly when coming from a 3rd party.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Definition of easy street
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  • The property has 21 private cottages, each simple, calming, and tech-free, promoting deep rest and focus.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Head coach Willie Simmons’ squad enters the matchup with extra rest following a bye week, giving the Panthers an opportunity to evaluate what has worked, identify what needs to improve and make adjustments before the start of C-USA play.
    — Alejandro Hernandez, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of rest
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  • Learning, practicing, and engaging in self-control is essential to leading a good life.
    — Joan M. Cook, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
  • What were my expectations or my parents’ of what a good life should look like?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of good life
Noun
  • Ants line up and overrun a picnic through smelling a neighbor’s pheromones with their tiny antennae.
    — Michael Morris, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The man who lured Cathy with candy, leading her away from her picnic and into a tunnel of trees to rape her, is tied up with her reading of Alice in Wonderland, and the Cathy from before and the Cathy created after are different people.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of picnic
Noun
  • This informed the wardrobe that encompasses a rock ’n’ roll attitude with glamour, allure and ease.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The first framing question is inspired by Jason Wei, who wrote that the ease of training AI to solve a task is proportional to how verifiable the task is.
    — Adriana Munoz Vergara, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of ease

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“Primrose path.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primrose%20path. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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