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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 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
That exhausts herself to the last drop of energy.
—Daniela Avila, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Memphis exhausts its players less than any other team.
—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can’t be brought back to court after the prosecution exhausts its appeals.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
Studies show that switching between tasks reduces efficiency, increases mistakes, and exhausts the brain faster than focused work does.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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
That exhausts herself to the last drop of energy.
—Daniela Avila, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Memphis exhausts its players less than any other team.
—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can’t be brought back to court after the prosecution exhausts its appeals.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
Studies show that switching between tasks reduces efficiency, increases mistakes, and exhausts the brain faster than focused work does.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhausts
Verb
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But sometimes her faith wears thin.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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This type of nonsense from [in-laws] is what wears on you over the years.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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They filter lymph fluid, which drains from tissues, trapping and destroying germs, cancer cells, and other harmful material.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
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Comparison drains clarity—your power lies in authenticity, not algorithms.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Gay attraction, for David (and this, too, echoes across Baldwin’s work), can only ever be masc4masc; effeminacy always kills desire.—
Garth Greenwell,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The assault keeps him out of the combine and more or less kills his momentum.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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By studying how the human brain processes this information, the researchers hope to unlock the secrets of efficiency that consumes a significantly smaller amount of energy.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, someone who uses it occasionally may not face the same risks as someone who consumes it daily.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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North Carolina spends less on mental health and offers less access to care than most states — a gap highlighted after a woman was fatally stabbed on Charlotte’s Blue Line by a man with an alleged history of mental illness.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Sep. 2025
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About 1 in 3 renters in the Los Angeles metro area spends 50% or more of their post-tax household income on rent.—
Stan Oklobdzija,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Rather than rushing the decision, Jere heads into the office to a shockingly chummy Steven (Sean Kaufman) and Denise (Isabella Briggs), who busts his chops about the wedding’s yacht formal dress code.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Amanda Rollins busts a move to the theme song below.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Unlike the closed-coupe Chiron, which cocoons you from its inner workings, the Mistral delivers a raw mechanical sound bath, tempered only by a pop-in wind deflector (fixed in examples for North America)—just aft of the seats—that reduces cabin turbulence and shields air-flow.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
20 Sep. 2025
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This ongoing improvement reduces the organization’s dependency on manual inputs from customers, account managers and sales teams, creating a more autonomous and data-driven process.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Sep. 2025
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