ad nauseam
adverb
ad nau·se·am
ad-ˈnȯ-zē-əm 
also -ˌam
: to a sickening or excessive degree
a topic that has been discussed and analyzed ad nauseam
Examples of ad nauseam in a Sentence
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Or, at least, that’s what Republicans were told, ad nauseam and at a deafening decibel, by elements of the Republican coalition who resented conventional conservative foreign-policy prescriptions.
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Noah Rothman, National Review, 24 Aug. 2023
Their every move is broken down ad nauseam, scrutinized in slow motion, refracted through the eyes of analysts and commentators.
—Andrew Keh, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
Your performance and your roster will be picked apart ad nauseam.
—Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
After learning a new behavior, juvenile orcas often keep repeating it ad nauseam.
—Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2023
Pat Furlong was sitting in her home office in Middletown, Ohio, last Thursday, refreshing a Food and Drug Administration web page ad nauseam, when the phone rang.
—Jason Mast Reprints, STAT, 30 June 2023
And Brooker’s takedown of true crime—a genre that has already been parodied and problematized ad nauseam—feels almost as redundant, if not nearly as belated, as his takedown of paparazzi.
—Time, 15 June 2023
That’s the matchup Roberts and his team was asked about ad nauseam this spring.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2023
It's often claimed that our 24-hour news cycle distorts the headlines, making mountains out of molehills and covering big stories ad nauseam.
—Becky Lang, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2013
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Noah Rothman, National Review, 24 Aug. 2023
Their every move is broken down ad nauseam, scrutinized in slow motion, refracted through the eyes of analysts and commentators.
—Andrew Keh, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
Your performance and your roster will be picked apart ad nauseam.
—Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
After learning a new behavior, juvenile orcas often keep repeating it ad nauseam.
—Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2023
Pat Furlong was sitting in her home office in Middletown, Ohio, last Thursday, refreshing a Food and Drug Administration web page ad nauseam, when the phone rang.
—Jason Mast Reprints, STAT, 30 June 2023
And Brooker’s takedown of true crime—a genre that has already been parodied and problematized ad nauseam—feels almost as redundant, if not nearly as belated, as his takedown of paparazzi.
—Time, 15 June 2023
That’s the matchup Roberts and his team was asked about ad nauseam this spring.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2023
It's often claimed that our 24-hour news cycle distorts the headlines, making mountains out of molehills and covering big stories ad nauseam.
—Becky Lang, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2013
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Latin
First Known Use
1644, in the meaning defined above
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“Ad nauseam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ad%20nauseam. Accessed 1 Oct. 2023.
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