glide path

noun

: glide slope

: a course of action that leads easily to an expected outcome

While Markey has been a fine member of Congress for decades, he isn't owed a glide path to another term.—

Adrian Walker

… a state that invests more in locking up prisoners than in opening doors to education is on a glide path to mediocrity.—

John Stobo

Elite law schools are not always a glide path to becoming a partner at a big law firm.—

Elizabeth Olson

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Maryland Reliably blue Maryland was on a glide path to filling their soon-to-be open Senate seat with another Democrat. —

Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024 Policymakers have expressed confidence that inflation is on a glide path back to the Fed’s 2% target. —

Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024 Because barring an epic September collapse, the Dodgers now seem to be on a glide path to another National League West title. —

Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024 The powerful Brooklyn Democrats did not elaborate Monday on their decisions to withhold immediate endorsement of Harris, who appears to be on a glide path to the nomination. —

Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 22 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for glide path