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
The Artemis 2 crew also practiced emergency egress procedures in the VAB's High Bay 3, the site of the SLS stacking.
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
The interior is structured like a living space, with a sofa and an instrument panel that both rotate around their middle axis to facilitate ingress and egress.
—Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
The interior is structured like a living space, with a sofa and an instrument panel that both rotate around their middle axis to facilitate ingress and egress.
—Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for egress
exit
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In the stampede of people rushing out the doorway and others trying to get back in, Jasper's brothers became trapped against the window of a door that led to an exit.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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The trepidation that led to Ohtani’s early exit from his start against these same Phillies last month — when Ohtani was removed from a no-hitter after five innings in an eventual loss — is not part of the calculus this time.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Egress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egress. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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