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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for primrose path
Noun
  • Designers and architects who specialize in lighting design must be in hog heaven.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
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
Noun
  • To minimize risks during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) advises incorporating frequent rest breaks in shaded or air-conditioned areas.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 4 July 2026
  • Increasingly, however, many are embracing a different definition—one that includes rest, healing, preventative care, joy, and self-investment.
    Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • There is no right way to live a good life.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • Even Rue’s childhood friend Lexi (Maude Apatow), who appears to be the only main character to emerge from the time jump with a college degree, has no one’s idea of a good life, spending nearly all her waking hours fetching lunches and coffees as a showrunner’s apprentice.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • To‑go buffet boxes include lumpia, cornbread, rice and mango coleslaw and are intended for picnics, home gatherings or fireworks events.
    Debby Rice, Mercury News, 29 June 2026
  • At the picnic, enjoy free food, music, field day games and an apple pie-eating contest.
    Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Hurlbut agreed that the seduction of AI is its ease and accessibility.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • That Wednesday-to-Thursday ease in North America of 24% for the pic is on par with Despicable Me 4‘s Wednesday-to-Thursday dip of 25%.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 3 July 2026

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“Primrose path.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primrose%20path. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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