1
as in wears
to use up all the physical energy of
the long day at the county fair had exhausted everyone
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as in drains
to make complete use of
we had been at the theme park barely for two hours, and we were on the verge of exhausting our spending money
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Recent Examples of exhausts
The group exhausts and irritates opposing pitchers.
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Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Nothing, not even the slog of a miles long backcountry ski, exhausts me like chugging upward on two wheels.
—Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2025
Instead of gradually boiling into insanity, the film hits fever pitch hallucinations right away and quickly exhausts itself attempting to keep pace.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
Many market observers are urging investors to rebalance their portfolios, while also acknowledging there could be further upside before the AI rally exhausts itself.
—Sean Conlon,sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
The whole ordeal exhausts the mother turtle.
—Taylor Hagood, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
The idea of festivals just exhausts me.
—Meg Zukin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
If Le Pen exhausts the appeals process and truly cannot run for the presidency in 2027, the party already has an obvious candidate-in-waiting in Jordan Bardella.
—Cole Stangler, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
This method overwhelms the media and exhausts many Americans who cannot easily absorb so much information at once.
—Jennifer Mercieca, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Nothing, not even the slog of a miles long backcountry ski, exhausts me like chugging upward on two wheels.
—Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2025
Instead of gradually boiling into insanity, the film hits fever pitch hallucinations right away and quickly exhausts itself attempting to keep pace.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
Many market observers are urging investors to rebalance their portfolios, while also acknowledging there could be further upside before the AI rally exhausts itself.
—Sean Conlon,sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
The whole ordeal exhausts the mother turtle.
—Taylor Hagood, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
The idea of festivals just exhausts me.
—Meg Zukin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
If Le Pen exhausts the appeals process and truly cannot run for the presidency in 2027, the party already has an obvious candidate-in-waiting in Jordan Bardella.
—Cole Stangler, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
This method overwhelms the media and exhausts many Americans who cannot easily absorb so much information at once.
—Jennifer Mercieca, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhausts
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Greenwich Village still wears its history like a second skin, every street a pulse of old New York.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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With one of largest concentrations of military bases in the country (each year, nearly 40,000 military trainees call it home), San Antonio wears its 300-year military legacy with pride.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
26 Oct. 2025
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Make sure to soak the plant thoroughly so the water drains from the bottom of the pot.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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What Hulu did years ago with its Castle Rock series, remixing different threads across King’s universe with a playful wink, Welcome to Derry approaches with a dutiful studiousness that drains it of fun.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Oct. 2025
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Williams' new movie Regretting You is based on author Colleen Hoover's 2019 novel; Williams and Mckenna Grace costar as mother-daughter duo Morgan and Clara, whose relationship is tested after a car accident kills both Clara's father (Scott Eastwood) and Morgan's sister Jenny (Willa Fitzgerald).—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Tim Robbins’s turn as a smarmy film executive who kills a screenwriter skewers the movie industry with a wink and a nod.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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Art that moves you, love that consumes you, moments that feel like magic.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
19 Oct. 2025
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Altman previously said the average ChatGPT query consumes as much energy as a lightbulb would in a couple of minutes.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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Additional motorsport-style heave dampers act to suppress squat and dive, giving the bespoke Pirelli Trofeo R tires a fighting chance of relaying 1,257 ft lbs of torque to the road.—
Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
6 Aug. 2025
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Corden is joined by Bobby Cannavale and Neil Patrick Harris for the first-ever Broadway revival of Yasmina Reza’s play, which follows three longtime friends whose relationship is pushed to the brink when one of them spends a fortune on a stark, all-white painting.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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But the labor reductions also arrive as the company spends heavily on AI.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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This is the kind of guy who kicks down a door and busts somebody’s kidney with a crowbar.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
1 Oct. 2025
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Every so often, Nelson cranks up the salsa music and busts a move, and Nick confesses that his real dream is to be a choreographer.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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According to the Department of Transportation, daylight saving time saves energy, prevents traffic injuries and reduces crime.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Oct. 2025
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Cold water reduces those problems for all your clothes and linens, giving them a longer lifespan.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Exhausts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhausts. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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