as in fatigue
a complete depletion of energy or strength
with all of the work and activity that the holiday season brings, the working couple was on the point of exhaustion
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Recent Examples of exhaustion
Pamela Anderson’s progression from over-plucked and busty to fresh-faced and gracefully aging on the red carpet is evidence of culture’s exhaustion with excess.
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Sarah Wang, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
Emotional exhaustion can be influenced by structural factors, and decision quality is often associated with these conditions in how information is distributed and processed within a system.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 15 May 2026
That’s likely because, before losing weight, food noise, physical exhaustion, and decades of guilt, self-blame, and failed diets wore down patients’ self-esteem, Gendreau explained.
—Allison Forsyth, Health, 14 May 2026
The pressure is sharpest in nonprofit, healthcare, and technology sectors that have seen the steepest increases in exhaustion since 2019.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 May 2026
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Sarah Wang, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
Emotional exhaustion can be influenced by structural factors, and decision quality is often associated with these conditions in how information is distributed and processed within a system.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 15 May 2026
That’s likely because, before losing weight, food noise, physical exhaustion, and decades of guilt, self-blame, and failed diets wore down patients’ self-esteem, Gendreau explained.
—Allison Forsyth, Health, 14 May 2026
The pressure is sharpest in nonprofit, healthcare, and technology sectors that have seen the steepest increases in exhaustion since 2019.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhaustion
Noun
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The lightweight, secure fit helps avoid ear fatigue associated with traditional earbuds, while Bluetooth connectivity makes pairing simple.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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Viewer fatigue is less of a factor when stakes are raised down the stretch, though.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
Noun
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The collapse of the government is unlikely to significantly affect Latvia’s foreign policy, as all mainstream parties are some variant of pro-Ukraine and anti-Russia.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
15 May 2026
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This explains why companies did not experience a commercial-traffic collapse.—
Ming Zhu,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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“Exhaustion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhaustion. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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