escape hatch

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Recent Examples of escape hatch But a potential escape hatch is gaining traction. Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 In contrast, bitcoin offers an escape hatch—a way to retain financial sovereignty even when everything else is lost. Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025 Clemson and Florida State have not found an escape hatch without paying an exit fee north of $150 million and risking hundreds of millions of dollars in future TV revenue. Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025 Some of the subtle decisions Williams made included being more comfortable with outlet throws and checkdowns, curbing the urge to extend the play, looking for an escape hatch in the pocket and creating outside of the structure. Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for escape hatch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escape hatch
Noun
  • But in the third part of this book, entitled Escape, Dr Gee proposes a rather bizarre solution to our impending demise: establish colonies in space.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
  • Investigators agreed, according to an FBI case memo filed three days after the escape.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • The victim was a relative of the animal’s owner, per the news release.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 11 May 2025
  • The forthcoming 10-track album was recorded at Butler and Chassagne’s Good News Recording Studio in New Orleans and is set for release this spring through Columbia Records.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 11 May 2025

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“Escape hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escape%20hatch. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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