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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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
While current self-driving cars are fitted with radar and cameras surveying their surroundings, future iterations using more advanced AI models could operate with fewer sensors—relying on artificial intelligence rather than exhaustive data collection to make decisions.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2025
Years of exhaustive work later, an entire story in itself, Kansas City in 2022 reveled in being selected among the 16 North American sites, including 11 in the United States.
—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
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“Exhaustive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exhaustive. Accessed 16 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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