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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Kansas City Star, 4 Dec. 2025
Check out our exhaustive rundown of all the Cyber Monday deals, bargains, price drops, and coupons from top tech brands and retailers before the weekend is over.
—PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
First off, start with my fellow horror-loving pal Brendan Morrow's exhaustive recap of the four seasons so far.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
In July, the Justice Department released an unsigned memo declaring that, after an exhaustive review, agency investigators found no evidence that anyone other than Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, his longtime girlfriend, had committed any crimes.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Exhaustive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exhaustive. Accessed 5 Dec. 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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