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ingress

[in-gres] / ˈɪn grɛs /
NOUN
the act or right of entering
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He said there had been water ingress at various stages during construction but they had set up a working group to look at the problems and sought advice from an independent expert, Prof Malcolm Richards.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2026

“We feel very confident that it’ll be a different version of the success we had in ‘84 in terms of ingress and egress and access and experience when it comes to transportation.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2025

"This incident is not related to proposed works to address current isolated pockets of water ingress which has recently been reported to the council."

From BBC Oct. 12, 2024

It’s 1833 in Friel’s fictional small town, Ballybeg, where a sweet, putrid smell rising from the potato fields forebodes famine and an ingress of redcoats threatens to blight the local heritage.

From New York Times Dec. 11, 2023

“Speaking of which, I may have a picture of—yes, here it is. An ingress point if ever there was one!”

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs




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