escape hatch
noun
1
: a hatch providing an emergency exit from an enclosed space
2
: a means of evading a difficulty, dilemma, or responsibility
Examples of escape hatch in a Sentence
the escape hatch of a submarine
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This provision, signed into law and implemented during the first Trump administration, allows small banks (those with up to $10 billion in total assets) an escape hatch from the complicated capital framework.
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Norbert Michel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Already, there are two sprawling mansions, a gym, a tennis court, several guesthouses and treehouses, a water system, and even a tunnel leading to an underground shelter reportedly the size of a professional basketball court and equipped with blast-resistant doors and an escape hatch.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 July 2025
Provide a covered hide the rabbit can enter but humans can't reach into—knowing there's an escape hatch lowers stress.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Throughout the novel, Rhys references Kant, De Beauvoir, Sartre, Virginia Woolf and Epictetus, among others, using knowledge as a balm and escape hatch.
—Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
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Norbert Michel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Already, there are two sprawling mansions, a gym, a tennis court, several guesthouses and treehouses, a water system, and even a tunnel leading to an underground shelter reportedly the size of a professional basketball court and equipped with blast-resistant doors and an escape hatch.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 July 2025
Provide a covered hide the rabbit can enter but humans can't reach into—knowing there's an escape hatch lowers stress.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Throughout the novel, Rhys references Kant, De Beauvoir, Sartre, Virginia Woolf and Epictetus, among others, using knowledge as a balm and escape hatch.
—Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for escape hatch
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“Escape hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escape%20hatch. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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