path of least resistance
Example Sentences
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Taking a stand would have been the path of least resistance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
In the wake of the club's colossal, and borderline negligent, error in appointing Wilfried Nancy, ignoring a proven winner who's under your nose is the risk-averse play, the path of least resistance.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Once there, the path of least resistance is to use Amazon’s warehouses for everything – including the orders that come in from Shopify and Etsy.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
But the same mandates that have increased access to mental-health care have made overdiagnosis and overmedication the path of least resistance for a generation of clinicians and patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
The white-hot reaction devoured the surrounding oxygen in a nanosecond and surged down the path of least resistance, which was, of course, immediately after LEP Commander Root.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
