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egress

[ee-gres, ih-gres] / ˈi grɛs, ɪˈgrɛs /


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If investigators confirm the early reports of an apparent flashover, a lack of sprinklers and a difficult, single point of egress, Crans-Montana will join a grim list of fires that were foreseeable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

The roads on either side of a bridge that serves as the sole artery allowing entrance and egress to the neighborhood were washed out, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

Those specific locations would contribute to modulating the viral replication cycle, adaptability, and path of entry and egress.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024

They also found plumbing work had been performed in the building without permits and the basement lacked safe egress and had no ventilation or natural light.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Then I stow the bedroom and go back to the airlock for a normal egress to Mars.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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