1
: the act of entering : entrance
the seal prevents ingress of moisture
2
: the power or liberty of entrance or access
an area with restricted ingress
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Examples of ingress in a Sentence
Ingress to and egress from the freeway were made difficult by the construction.
with limited ingress and egress to the freeway, the stadium is the frequent scene of bottlenecks
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Whether creatively or romantically, Venus in your sign and Mars’ ingress in Gemini are more than enough to motivate and inspire you.
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Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
After the sun’s ingress into Cancer on June 20, a full moon in Capricorn will charge up your fifth house of love.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
Those concerns have been shared privately by transit officials, who worry that slowing down the ingress to stations could cause its own safety and security concerns.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2024
But for years, users of MacBook butterfly keyboards complained that the keys were susceptible to frequent breaking, mostly from dust and grime ingress.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2024
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Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
After the sun’s ingress into Cancer on June 20, a full moon in Capricorn will charge up your fifth house of love.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
Those concerns have been shared privately by transit officials, who worry that slowing down the ingress to stations could cause its own safety and security concerns.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2024
But for years, users of MacBook butterfly keyboards complained that the keys were susceptible to frequent breaking, mostly from dust and grime ingress.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Ingress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingress. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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ingress
noun
in·gress
ˈin-ˌgres 
1
: the act of entering
2
: the power or liberty of entering
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