escape valve
noun
plural escape valves
: safety valve
This dive watch's helium escape valve is conveniently located at 10 o'clock, so you and your watch can easily decompress as you surface.—
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Lianna SisinniSandia Mountain is more than a picturesque backdrop to Albuquerque … . It is an escape valve for a booming Sunbelt city.—James Brooke
James BrookeDreaming is the psyche's escape valve …—Seth Morgan
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Without an escape valve, Guatemala’s past may come surging into the present in new, even more disturbing ways.
—Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2023
The watch, with a helium escape valve, was able to resist water pressure of more than 16,000 pounds per square inch.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2024
For a certain kind of white Republican voter, Scott’s political career represents an escape valve in a society pressurized by its racist past.
—Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
The sleek timepiece features a 41 mm steel case, a unidirectional rotating bezel in black ceramic, a screw-in crown, and a helium escape valve at 11 o’clock.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2023
The system works as a sort of escape valve, Kousser said, letting the majority in the state feel in power regardless of what’s happening in Washington, D.C.
—Nicholas Riccardi, Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2023
The 42 mm stainless-steel model, which is water-resistant up to 300 meters (984 feet), has stood out since its launch in 1993 thanks to a unique dive scale, skeleton hands and helium escape valve.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 June 2023
Her clothes remind us of the classic escape valve: putting on a great outfit to face the worst day.
—Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
Maybe the quest to get to Mars that Elon Musk is so dearly pursuing would be an escape valve for the overpopulation on Earth.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 May 2023
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Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2023
The watch, with a helium escape valve, was able to resist water pressure of more than 16,000 pounds per square inch.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2024
For a certain kind of white Republican voter, Scott’s political career represents an escape valve in a society pressurized by its racist past.
—Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
The sleek timepiece features a 41 mm steel case, a unidirectional rotating bezel in black ceramic, a screw-in crown, and a helium escape valve at 11 o’clock.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2023
The system works as a sort of escape valve, Kousser said, letting the majority in the state feel in power regardless of what’s happening in Washington, D.C.
—Nicholas Riccardi, Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2023
The 42 mm stainless-steel model, which is water-resistant up to 300 meters (984 feet), has stood out since its launch in 1993 thanks to a unique dive scale, skeleton hands and helium escape valve.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 June 2023
Her clothes remind us of the classic escape valve: putting on a great outfit to face the worst day.
—Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
Maybe the quest to get to Mars that Elon Musk is so dearly pursuing would be an escape valve for the overpopulation on Earth.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 May 2023
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“Escape valve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escape%20valve. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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