pave the way

Idioms  

1. Make progress or development easier, as in Her findings paved the way for developing a new vaccine. This expression alludes to paving a road so it is easier to travel on. [Late 1500s]

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Example Sentences

Artificial intelligence is helping pave the way, slashing costs and bringing the firm closer to profitability, its CEO says.

From The Wall Street Journal

Macron in 2024 caused waves when he said a plan to combat infertility would help pave the way towards what he described as the country's "demographic re-armament".

From Barron's

If lunar development is urgent and practical, why pave the way with extremely expensive manned missions for jobs that can be done at a fraction of the cost by robots?

From The Wall Street Journal

BP’s “leaner meaner approach could pave the way for more sustainable payouts to shareholders” but investors will want some assurance on its spending plans, Nathan says.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Besides yielding fundamental information for understanding what determines the time delay in photoemission, our experimental results provide further insight into what factors influence time on the quantum level, to what extent quantum transitions can be considered instantaneous, and might pave the way to finally understand the role of time in quantum mechanics," Dil explains.

From Science Daily

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