The second image shows the most likely (buried) westward path originally followed by the river.

Rascal showed no interest in either the booth or the most likely path to the service area.

They found the likeliest path down and began tugging at the dead wood.

He said the likeliest path for the job market in the months ahead was one of moderate growth.

The village happens to be directly in the most likely path.

One is that, like Z, they oversimplify the likely paths to the future.

Perhaps not so much free will; a computer would see the path most likely to succeed and follow it.

Real viral growth comes from one of a few likely paths:

Something similar is the likely path of the Internet.

They rely on searching only the most likely paths.