royal road
Americannoun
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an auspicious or easy way or means to achieve something.
the royal road to success.
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a highway in ancient Persia, 1,677 miles (2,700 km) long, extending from Susa in W Iran to W Asia Minor.
noun
Example Sentences
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You cannot gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles, and there is no royal road to any kind of success or happiness.
From New York Times
“That is, sometimes there is no royal road to learning.”
From Seattle Times
Take a royal road trip in the Loire Valley, dotted with Renaissance chateaus.
From Washington Post
Sigmund Freud called dreams “the royal road to the unconscious.”
From Washington Post
Sleep isn’t the enemy of success and ambition, she’s discovered, it’s the royal road to the corner office.
From The New Yorker
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