primrose path

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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 Houston is trying to become the first men’s team in more than a decade to play in a Final Four in its hometown, but even though the Cougars have a No. 1 seed, their path home for a championship is hardly a stroll along a primrose path. The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023 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 Seventy-one years later one can reasonably ask: Has any other couture house traveled the primrose path of fashion with such enduring cultivation, refinement and romance? WSJ, 27 Nov. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for primrose path
Noun
  • Just leaving the pits in second gear was hog heaven.
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Designers and architects who specialize in lighting design must be in hog heaven.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Foden scored in the first minute — should have been a clear path to easy street.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Venus in your 12th House can pull you toward rest or avoidance instead of action.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026
  • Rather than being surrounded by six lanes of asphalt and rushing traffic, people would easy have access to rest comfortably around the monument.
    Lucius Riccio, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • The original play version had a good life after its off-Broadway run, including a 2005 production at TheaterWorks Hartford starring Rosemary Prinz.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
  • Two evangelical Christian writers from different generations offer rival ideas about what a good life looks like for women.
    Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Enjoy archery, shooting water rockets, tomahawk throwing, exploring fire trucks, racing pinewood derby cars, slacklining, crafts, life-size mazes and more with on-site food trucks offering a variety of cuisines or enjoy your own picnic lunch.
    Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
  • Arcadia Lake sits just north of Oklahoma City and is dotted with picnic pavilions, campgrounds, a fishing pier and swimming beaches.
    Jamie Stengle, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Want to dress with ease, but not lose your sense of play—or personality?
    Laura Jackson, Vogue, 7 May 2026
  • Building an empire The relative ease with which Black Bear became youth hockey’s most dominant player reflects the sport’s particular vulnerability to corporate capture.
    Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 7 May 2026

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“Primrose path.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primrose%20path. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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