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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for escape hatch
Noun
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The plane's inflatable escape slide was deployed, and the nose and tail sections of the plane separated.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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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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