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In Vietnam, the Nixon administration was desperately looking for an exit strategy.—Ghassan E. El-Eid, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026 The idea that military campaigns should only be undertaken if there was a clear national security threat, a clear goal and a clear exit strategy became known as the Powell Doctrine and guided American policy in the latter part of the 20th Century.—Carl Leubsdorf, Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2026 The other six warned the city was racing toward a costly and uncertain exit strategy.—Devyani Chhetri, Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026 In Sunday’s episode, the season’s penultimate, Whitney is casting about for an exit strategy and fails.—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for exit strategy