escape hatch
noun
1
: a hatch providing an emergency exit from an enclosed space
2
: a means of evading a difficulty, dilemma, or responsibility
Examples of escape hatch in a Sentence
the escape hatch of a submarine
Recent Examples on the Web
The asymmetrical Abercrombie top is an escape hatch—or at least an extra day of putting off doing your laundry.
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 17 June 2024
That design choice makes outgoing web links seem like a legacy escape hatch for when the chatbot doesn't work, and Google wants to know why more people haven't opted in to this.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2024
But if Florida State finds the escape hatch and others follow, then the Big Ten and SEC will swoop in.
—Jon Wilner, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2024
Lawmakers emerged from that effort by putting an initiative with fewer escape hatches on the ballot.
—Louis Freedberg, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 17 June 2024
That design choice makes outgoing web links seem like a legacy escape hatch for when the chatbot doesn't work, and Google wants to know why more people haven't opted in to this.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2024
But if Florida State finds the escape hatch and others follow, then the Big Ten and SEC will swoop in.
—Jon Wilner, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2024
Lawmakers emerged from that effort by putting an initiative with fewer escape hatches on the ballot.
—Louis Freedberg, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024
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“Escape hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escape%20hatch. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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