primrose path

noun

Definition of primrose pathnext
as in hog heaven

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Recent Examples of primrose path There are 700 million weekly active users of ChatGPT, and perhaps billions of users when adding in the usage of competing LLMs, all of whom are potentially being led down a primrose path by AI. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 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 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 See All Example Sentences for primrose path
Recent Examples of Synonyms for primrose path
  1. hog heaven
  2. easy street
  3. rest
  4. good life
  5. picnic
  6. ease
Noun
  • Designers and architects who specialize in lighting design must be in hog heaven.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Pictured grinning on the big screens, Perazzo looked to be in hog heaven.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 19 May 2024
Definition of hog heaven
Noun
  • The Bruins lived on easy street for more than a decade.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 8 May 2026
  • 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
Definition of easy street
Noun
  • Creating space for downtime, rest and connection really is a gift to guests coming to visit for any length of time.
    — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
  • These ripples are associated with spikes of activity in the prefrontal cortex, and scientists only observe them during periods of sleep or quiet, wakeful rest.
    — Sean Mccabe, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of rest
Noun
  • Learning, practicing, and engaging in self-control is essential to leading a good life.
    — Joan M. Cook, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
  • What were my expectations or my parents’ of what a good life should look like?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of good life
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  • The park’s new features include a plaza, picnic pavilion, a BMX skills course spanning 10,000 to 14,000 square feet for all ages, redesigned playground and splash pad.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Levon, the local sheriff, wants Pamela to bowl and go to town picnics, but Pamela can’t move forward — especially since Jason’s body was never retrieved after his drowning.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of picnic
Noun
  • Toys were evaluated in a lab, with engineers and analysts evaluating toys for safety, durability and ease of assembly.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Zankov started his namesake brand in 2020 to inject a sense of play, ease and innovation into knitwear through the use of color, pattern and textures.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of ease

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“Primrose path.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primrose%20path. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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