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
That mindset is a result of the mental exhaustion and anguish of their postseason drought, which is speeding toward a full decade and represents the longest current stretch in the NBA.
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
Filmmaking is nitpicking, anxiety, fights, claustrophobia, exhaustion, euphoria.
—Susan Sontag, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
Bullets cut the air, sharp and fleeting, as exhaustion and conviction blur into violence.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Early Signs of Distress What didn’t resolve was my exhaustion and discomfort biking 12 hours a day—and how this effort ended up impacting Matt’s body.
—Maggie Slepian, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
Filmmaking is nitpicking, anxiety, fights, claustrophobia, exhaustion, euphoria.
—Susan Sontag, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
Bullets cut the air, sharp and fleeting, as exhaustion and conviction blur into violence.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Early Signs of Distress What didn’t resolve was my exhaustion and discomfort biking 12 hours a day—and how this effort ended up impacting Matt’s body.
—Maggie Slepian, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhaustion
Noun
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As a solution to the problem of fatigue, two extra changes has been the footballing equivalent of throwing a glass of water onto a chip pan fire.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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The tactic is basically authoritarianism through fatigue.—
Dan Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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One is if the Democratic turnout collapse that defined 2024 repeats itself—particularly in Passaic County, where anger over the Biden Administration’s handling of Gaza kept many Muslim voters home.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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By the early 2000s, overfishing was rampant, fishing became the most dangerous job in America and our oceans were on the brink of collapse.—
Amanda Leland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Exhaustion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhaustion. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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