path of least resistance
Example Sentences
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“Their liquidity, scale, and outsize index weightings make them the path of least resistance, and therefore the most likely to absorb any broad-based selling or rotation,” the report said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
“If you look toward year-end, the path of least resistance for equities is still up,” Sandven said.
From MarketWatch • May 31, 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
Momentum is building as Qualcomm breaks out, suggesting the path of least resistance is higher.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
It almost seemed as if these humans sensed the Afterlife realms—some unconscious part of them guiding them along the path of least resistance.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
