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
  • Beijing has long treated advanced technology transactions as matters of national security, even when the legal framing rests in competition policy.
    Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Parents, rest easy for now For the time being, responsible parents in Florida can rest easy that school enrollment vaccination requirements will remain in place.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The couple's son-in-law described them as wonderful human beings who lived a good life.
    Lauren Victory, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Pledge to ride a bike with many others across the Bay Area to work, school, the library, a farmers’ market, concerts, football games, picnics and anywhere fun!
    Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Amelia Island is home to 13 miles of sandy shores and 40 public beach access points, so there's no shortage of places to picnic, play, and put your toes in the water.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • When your foundation feels steady, everything else begins to move forward with more ease.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
  • The duo had been teammates on LSU’s Elite Eight team in 2023-24, and Van Lith credits Reese for helping her ease into the WNBA.
    Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026

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“Primrose path.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primrose%20path. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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