as in exit
a place or means of going out
the only egress from the nightclub was a dark, narrow stairway to the street below
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Recent Examples of egress
In World War II, Berlin required the long French and Norwegian coastlines for more reliable egress for its submarines, but that was still insufficient for its navy, let alone its merchant marine.
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S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Then the room's egress window, which is meant for a safer exit in case of emergencies, broke from the pressure of the water outside, and more water flooded into the room.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
That means understanding factors like egress and ingress charges, query volumes, storage tiers and model usage limits.
—Jeffrey Gregor, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
These improvements by Mother Nature were accompanied by much smoother ingress and egress experiences, thanks to the work that staff put in between days one and two.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Then the room's egress window, which is meant for a safer exit in case of emergencies, broke from the pressure of the water outside, and more water flooded into the room.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
That means understanding factors like egress and ingress charges, query volumes, storage tiers and model usage limits.
—Jeffrey Gregor, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
These improvements by Mother Nature were accompanied by much smoother ingress and egress experiences, thanks to the work that staff put in between days one and two.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for egress
exit
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Myers struggled with the puck in his own zone, and a poor attempt at a zone exit from Max Domi eventually led to the Sabres’ first goal.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Six straight Mean Green scoring drives sent the 49ers’ smallest home crowd of the season (9,629) to the exits early in the fourth quarter, as Mestemaker stayed in the game until the two-minute warning to break the record.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Egress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egress. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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