primrose path

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Recent Examples of primrose path The use of words like understands, thinks, and reasons are all subtle and sneaky ways to lead you down a primrose path to believing that contemporary AI is sentient. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024 Therefore, when the same phrases are associated with AI, we are led down the primrose path that the AI must also be human or sentient. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023 You have been walked down a primrose path. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2023 Houston is trying to become the first men’s team in more than a decade to play in a Final Four in its hometown, but even though the Cougars have a No. 1 seed, their path home for a championship is hardly a stroll along a primrose path. The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023 And a few surface-level parallels between President Joe Biden and his Democratic predecessor in the 1990s suggest some perils for Republicans expecting a primrose path to the White House in 2024. Patrick T. Brown, CNN, 10 Mar. 2023 Seventy-one years later one can reasonably ask: Has any other couture house traveled the primrose path of fashion with such enduring cultivation, refinement and romance? WSJ, 27 Nov. 2018 The primrose path to relevance has been strewn with injuries and other baseball hobgoblins. Richard Fitch, Cincinnati.com, 27 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for primrose path
Noun
  • Pictured grinning on the big screens, Perazzo looked to be in hog heaven.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 19 May 2024
  • His job is to solve the porcine behavior problems that complicate pig production--problems like tail-biting, the nastier results of which can actually send prospective smoky links on an untimely trip to hog heaven.
    Judith Stone, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Noun
  • While most of Waymo's miles are on the easy streets of Phoenix, having no injury liability in 22 miles is a very impressive result, particuarly when coming from a 3rd party.
    Brad Templeton, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
  • No less effective for artistic expression, just shorter-lasting than the big guns, shaving sprays and stickers were easy street art flexes.
    Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 31 Oct. 2023
Noun
  • See totals for city, rest of Kentucky Flurries in Louisville Monday, cold temperatures this week Graham said Monday flurries will differ from snow seen Saturday night into Sunday, where the NWS office recorded 1.4 inches of snow and the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport saw 0.7 inches.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Grant them the proper resources while addressing this commitment, putting to rest rumors and murmurs regarding their status.
    Doug Melville, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Once upon a time, a doddering old man spoke of a dream about a united city in this empire’s capital, where every man, woman, and child could walk its streets and live a good life regardless of their patrician or plebeian birthright.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
  • State projects show a rosy Iran where the fundamentalist government gives people a good life and can do no wrong.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Amenities at Blue Spring State Park are pretty standard for Florida state parks and include picnic areas with shaded benches and grills for barbecuing.
    Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Stop by: 1000 Riverwalk Parkway Stroll around Glencairn Garden: This 11-acre botanical garden is open to the public and makes for a scenic picnic spot, too.
    McKenzie Rankin, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Steve Nelson, the president of Aetna and a former chief executive at UnitedHealthcare, said Mr. Thompson had a self-deprecating sense of humor that put others at ease.
    Amy Julia Harris, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Fifty-six percent of respondents said the key benefits of mortgage technology is its convenience and ease of use, while 52% cited time savings.
    Miriam Moore, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024

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