exit strategy

noun

: a plan for ending involvement
The company needs to have an exit strategy.

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Yet House Republicans denounced their Senate counterparts' shutdown exit strategy, saying they couldn't be seen as defunding immigration enforcement in any way. Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026 Republicans on Capitol Hill emerged from war briefings frustrated by a lack of clarity on an exit strategy and ground troop deployment plans. James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026 The White House is attempting to manage a large-scale military confrontation with an undefined exit strategy—a confrontation that is unnerving markets. Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026 In Vietnam, the Nixon administration was desperately looking for an exit strategy. Ghassan E. El-Eid, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for exit strategy

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“Exit strategy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exit%20strategy. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.

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