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
In this sense, extraction implies not exhaustion but ongoing stewardship within ecological limits.
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Manuela Moscoso, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
That bone-deep exhaustion during perimenopause is easy to explain away.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026
Why So Many Women Miss It The exhaustion gets absorbed into everyday life.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Doctors ultimately identified extreme exhaustion, dehydration, vasoconstriction and low metabolic levels as the cause of her symptoms.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
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Manuela Moscoso, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
That bone-deep exhaustion during perimenopause is easy to explain away.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026
Why So Many Women Miss It The exhaustion gets absorbed into everyday life.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Doctors ultimately identified extreme exhaustion, dehydration, vasoconstriction and low metabolic levels as the cause of her symptoms.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhaustion
Noun
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Symptoms include fatigue, sensitivity to cold, and muscle stiffness.—
Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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For example, fatigue is reported in some GLP-1 trials.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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To be present in Hungary on the eve of its upcoming elections is to feel the tremors of a regime confronting the prospect of collapse.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Spieth, nine holes away from another wire-to-wire victory, throws it away with a collapse around Amen Corner that is shocking even by Augusta National standards.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Exhaustion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhaustion. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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