How to Use glide path in a Sentence

glide path

noun
  • Lynch didn’t ride a glide path from Solana Beach to a bronze bust in Canton.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
  • But that’s not why the Sanders campaign is on a glide path to destruction.
    Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Two other big problems could take China off the glide path in late 2017.
    Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 17 July 2017
  • Even in such a blue state, avoiding removal was far from a glide path for Newsom.
    Dan Merica, CNN, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The Taliban deal makes sense only if the U.S. wants a glide path out of the Afghan war regardless of the consequences.
    The Editors, National Review, 2 Mar. 2020
  • But remember eight days ago that glide path seemed to belong to Sanders.
    NBC News, 8 Mar. 2020
  • Still, the president is on a glide path to the nomination.
    Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • While Markey has been a fine member of Congress for decades, he isn’t owed a glide path to another term.
    Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2019
  • The states that vote over the next two Tuesdays would seem to put Biden on a potential glide path to the nomination.
    NBC News, 8 Mar. 2020
  • As a result, the glide path McCarthy envisioned to the speaker’s gavel was far more of a grind.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Some might expect a 57-year old banker to be looking for an easy glide path to retirement.
    Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2021
  • With that, the glide path to more, massive spending is a positive for markets.
    Bryan Rich, Forbes, 7 May 2021
  • At some point, production of oil and gas in the Delaware basin will probably have to be stemmed to complete the glide path.
    Ian Palmer, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Switching to part-time work is offering some a gentle glide path from decades of 9 to 5 to retirement.
    Joseph Coughlin, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Is this just a glide path to Donald Trump securing the nomination of the party?
    CBS News, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Lamont shows every sign of being on a glide path to Election Day.
    Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The department store, for example, has long been on a glide path to extinction.
    Washington Post, 28 May 2020
  • We’ve been given the luxury of a three-year glide path and a reduced target of (a) $70 million reduction in state funds.
    Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2019
  • An example of a linear glide path is the old rule of thumb that the percentage invested in stocks should be 100 minus your age.
    Mark Kantrowitz, Forbes, 14 Nov. 2021
  • Dave Schmidt, a Portland, Oregon, physician, had a retirement glide path all worked out.
    Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2021
  • The Twins, and not our delusions, are taking us on a long and delightful glide path into whatever the season might bring.
    Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2019
  • But Del Chiaro said many of those companies — most of them small businesses — would have a hellish time adjusting to the new rules without a longer glide path.
    Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Some members consider the Youth Army their glide path into the regular army.
    Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2018
  • This should be considered a national strength to build on, not a national shame to be put on a glide path to extinction.
    Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 30 Oct. 2020
  • This technology is on a clear glide path to pick up even more momentum as a norm in everyday life.
    Bill Edwards, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • The central bank’s job is to keep growth on a stable glide path, sacrificing booms to fend off high inflation and job-costing busts.
    Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 24 June 2019
  • A week from now, Bernie Sanders could well be on a glide path to the Democratic presidential nomination.
    Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 25 Feb. 2020
  • But nearly all of those candidates were on a glide path to victory without his backing.
    New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022
  • And the glide path to the targets takes place over decades, with plenty of time for technology to develop and businesses and consumer to adjust.
    oregonlive, 16 Dec. 2021
  • And yet Adams' victory in the Democratic primary is perceived to put him on a glide path to victory.
    Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 8 July 2021

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