as in fatigue
a complete depletion of energy or strength
with all of the work and activity that the holiday season brings, the working couple was on the point of exhaustion
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Recent Examples of exhaustion
Regardless, Bumble has not been immune to the collective exhaustion that surrounds dating apps more than a decade after their heyday.
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2025
How does this constant exhaustion affect us long term?
—Joce Blake, Essence, 22 Apr. 2025
Overtraining can lead to mental exhaustion and burnout.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
The specific exhaustion of being a mother By Olga Khazan
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—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2025
How does this constant exhaustion affect us long term?
—Joce Blake, Essence, 22 Apr. 2025
Overtraining can lead to mental exhaustion and burnout.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
The specific exhaustion of being a mother By Olga Khazan
Subscribe to Listen1.0x
0:009:47
Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhaustion
Noun
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Comic book fatigue, boycotts and even just quality have affected recent releases for Marvel.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Symptoms include itchy skin and night sweats, as well as abdominal pain, fever, and fatigue.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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With the Soviet Union’s collapse, the United States enjoyed a margin of superiority that would have been unimaginable to earlier great powers.—
A. Wess Mitchell,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Congress should promote emergency and retirement savings, empowering families to protect themselves from fiscal collapse.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Exhaustion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhaustion. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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