exhaustive
adjective
ex·haus·tive
ig-ˈzȯ-stiv 
: including all possibilities : thorough
conducted an exhaustive search
Examples of exhaustive in a Sentence
The list was long but not exhaustive.
after an exhaustive search of our house, we still hadn't found the cat
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Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
While far from an exhaustive list, here are some of the highlights.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2025
There is an exhaustive list of changes and symptoms women go through when perimenopause and menopause call.
—Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 1 May 2025
That’s why, after an exhaustive evaluation process led by O’Connell involving plane flights, on-field workouts and lunches with prospects, the team traded up a spot to land McCarthy.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for exhaustive
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“Exhaustive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exhaustive. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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exhaustive
adjective
ex·haus·tive
ig-ˈzȯ-stiv
: trying all possibilities : thorough
an exhaustive search
exhaustively
adverb
exhaustiveness
noun
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