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

The glide path strategy is a method of asset allocation that gradually shifts your portfolio’s focus from growth priority to an income priority as you near retirement. —Larry Light, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024

So, barring a non-Democrat billionaire or celebrity who can buy airwaves and attention, whoever wins the Democratic-voters-only primary is on a glide path to win a go-through-the-motions general election against a sacrificial Republican. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024

Instead, create a glide path for success across your organization. —Shaleen Devgun, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris, bolstered by Biden's swift endorsement, appears to be on a glide path to that nomination. —Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 29 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined at sense 1