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Recent Examples of escape hatch
And kids can grow from interacting with their peers and teachers—no digital escape hatch in sight.
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Gail Cornwall, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
Already, there are two sprawling mansions, a gym, a tennis court, several guesthouses and treehouses, a water system, and even a tunnel leading to an underground shelter reportedly the size of a professional basketball court and equipped with blast-resistant doors and an escape hatch.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 July 2025
Throughout the novel, Rhys references Kant, De Beauvoir, Sartre, Virginia Woolf and Epictetus, among others, using knowledge as a balm and escape hatch.
—Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
One reason these systems have become so popular is that house arrest and mobile surveillance seem to add a layer of safety while simultaneously providing a cost-effective escape hatch for the problem of prison overcrowding.
—Robert S. Gable, IEEE Spectrum, 20 July 2017
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Gail Cornwall, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
Already, there are two sprawling mansions, a gym, a tennis court, several guesthouses and treehouses, a water system, and even a tunnel leading to an underground shelter reportedly the size of a professional basketball court and equipped with blast-resistant doors and an escape hatch.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 July 2025
Throughout the novel, Rhys references Kant, De Beauvoir, Sartre, Virginia Woolf and Epictetus, among others, using knowledge as a balm and escape hatch.
—Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
One reason these systems have become so popular is that house arrest and mobile surveillance seem to add a layer of safety while simultaneously providing a cost-effective escape hatch for the problem of prison overcrowding.
—Robert S. Gable, IEEE Spectrum, 20 July 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for escape hatch
Noun
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Trapped with no chance of rescue, Jessie starts to lose her mind—eventually finding an escape.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Mark Hetfield, president of the refugee resettlement group HIAS, defended the existing global agreements as ensuring people would never be subject to persecution without an escape route.—
Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Premiere dates drop without fanfare, entire seasons release at once, and cliffhangers have largely been replaced by bingeable story arcs.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Is there a Super Mario Galaxy Movie release date?—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Escape hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escape%20hatch. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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