slippery slope
noun
: a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with unintended consequences
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His behavior will lead him down a slippery slope to ruin.
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Although this process has been far from perfect, any attempt to bypass such peer review could lead science and society down a slippery slope.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Another Redditor replied that this could become a slippery slope.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Providers tend to cry slippery slope and the end of free speech at any carve-out to their Section 230 freedom, which courts have mostly respected.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
Another school of thought is that some are concerned about the slippery slope of precedent that could be created by inducting Tyrer.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Another Redditor replied that this could become a slippery slope.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Providers tend to cry slippery slope and the end of free speech at any carve-out to their Section 230 freedom, which courts have mostly respected.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
Another school of thought is that some are concerned about the slippery slope of precedent that could be created by inducting Tyrer.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slippery slope
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“Slippery slope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slippery%20slope. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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