glide path

noun

1

: glide slope

2

: 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

Examples of glide path in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And while Democrats are fighting the nominations of Pete Hegseth as defense secretary and Tulsi Gabbard as national intelligence director, Mr. Trump’s other cabinet appointees appear on a glide path to confirmation without much vocal resistance. —Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025

After appearing in deep trouble in early December, Hegseth righted the ship and appears to be on a glide path to confirmation — even with the new accusations. —Al Weaver, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025

Remember that inner peace is said to come from within and that AI is only able to guide you on the glide path to that target. —Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025

The Senate voted 61-35, with 60 votes required, to limit debate on the measure, setting it on a glide path to passage next week. —Axios, 17 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined at sense 1