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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

It has a lifespan of about 30 years and concerns have mounted about the impact of water ingress on its safety.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 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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