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burn out

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verb

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Recent Examples of burnout
Noun
Previously, on Rust of Our Lives Earlier this month, Hector Martin, the lead of the Asahi Linux project, resigned from the list of Linux maintainers while also departing the Asahi project, citing burnout and frustration with roadblocks to implementing Rust in the kernel. Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025 If things were like this every day, the burnout would be hard to overcome. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
Hanukkah menorahs should safely hold candles that burn out each night. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025 True success comes from building systems that create sustainable, scalable results; not burning out. Melissa Houston, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for burnout
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burnout
Noun
  • While the world continues around them, parents of children with life-threatening illnesses experience profound exhaustion, fear, and anxiety.
    Friends of Karen, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • In a time of intense polarization, voters in municipal elections that were held Tuesday around the Chicago area showed encouraging signs of exhaustion with politicians’ drama.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • For the show Campbell wore a form-fitting leather jacket with a matching bodysuit.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 28 Feb. 2025
  • In the photo obtained by the outlet, Sia — known for obscuring her face on stage and at public events with oversized wigs — wore her long blonde hair in beaded braids, her eyes hidden behind dark sunglasses.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In addition, heavy exercise done while experiencing a respiratory viral illness can lead to chronic fatigue and even exacerbate myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, according to a 2021 study published in the journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine.
    Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Investigations into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster revealed that key decision-makers worked on little sleep, raising concerns that fatigue impaired their judgment.
    Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Using archival newspaper reports and interviews with a local historian, here’s a blow-by-blow recreation of the Ashley Gang’s demise — from Sept. 12, 1924, the day of the Bank of Pompano robbery, to Nov. 1, 1924, the day police killed the gangsters.
    Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2025
  • When his family was away on trips, the thrift store owner would lure men to his home and kill them.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • But by 2011, they were exhausted by seven solid years of touring and recording.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
  • In this fractured reality, audiences may be exhausted but every human still needs truth, for stories that inspire, for narratives that unite through identification rather than division.
    Bing Chen, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • This is crucial for ensuring your hands don’t tire out, even during longer cooking sessions.
    Jessica Kanzler, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The rump can withstand bites, scratches and other forms of attack effectively, until the predator tires out and moves on.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Fudd then drained her first 3-pointer after an 0-for-2 start, and Strong followed her up with four straight points off another pair of Marquette turnovers.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
  • That fall and winter, constant power outages and air-raid alerts left them drained and on edge.
    Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Although the meeting started OK, with Ford telling Wilson a Henry Ford joke, Ford wore out his welcome by threatening to go public with his concerns.
    Tevi Troy, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
  • At this point, the accountants have worn out their checkbooks before the distillery has generated a single dollar of revenue.
    Jeremy Kasler, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025

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“Burnout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burnout. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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