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noun

egress

the act of leaving a place, or a way out of it

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Six example sentences with egress, each labelled with its topic.

  • Fire codes require a second egress from every floor, so the architect added an outside stair to the rear wall.

    Architecture

  • The castle's builders hid a narrow egress behind the chapel, a passage the garrison could use if the gate ever fell.

    History

  • The photographer waited at the only egress from the terminal, catching each traveler's face the moment they stepped outside.

    Photography

  • The dungeon's only egress is a ladder behind the throne, and players who miss it wander the same hall for an hour.

    Gaming

  • The deed grants the neighbor a right of egress across the yard, so the fence cannot block the path to the lane.

    Law

  • Egress from the stadium took an hour, since forty thousand people funneled through the same two gates to the station.

    Travel

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