escape hatch

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Recent Examples of escape hatch Berners-Lee’s escape hatch is a project called the Solid Protocol, whose mission is to revolutionize the web by giving users control over their data. Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 And yet, every clue has an abiotic escape hatch. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025 That mind-set offers an escape hatch from confronting urgent problems like climate change, which the Biennale is ostensibly focused on. Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025 He's Delivered the Opposite | Opinion Crucially, Netanyahu also left himself an escape hatch for his domestic audience. MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for escape hatch
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Noun
  • The plane's inflatable escape slide was deployed, and the nose and tail sections of the plane separated.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Culture Minister Rachida Dati later told TF1 that the gang broke into the Galerie d’Apollon — a sumptuous room on the first floor of the Petite Galerie that has housed the French crown jewels since 1887 — and that a piece of jewelry was recovered during the escape.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The shutdown has stopped the release of economic data including regular reports like the weekly initial jobless claims.
    Sean Conlon,Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The release noted terrain in the area can be rugged and steep and cautioned visitors to stay a safe distance from the edge.
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Escape hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escape%20hatch. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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