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Recent Examples of exhaustive Because it is privately funded and receives no federal money, the project is exempt from many exhaustive governmental vetting and environmental analysis requirements. Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025 The 2025 edition, which was released yesterday, is an exhaustive examination of AI across research, industry, and politics. Andrew R. Chow, Time, 10 Oct. 2025 My list was not exhaustive, of course. Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025 And the database is far from exhaustive. Angela Yang, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exhaustive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhaustive
Adjective
  • Footwear News’ global network of editors has carefully curated all product selections featured using our expansive brand knowledge and thorough research to find quality, long-lasting items.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Fowler and Zietlow also renew the Chuba Hubbard-Rico Dowdle debate and give a thorough preview of Carolina’s Week 8 matchup with the Buffalo Bills.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The result is high-quality health care that is accessible, comprehensive, and most of all, personalized.
    Conviva Senior Primary Care, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
  • This list is in no particular order and is in no way comprehensive.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Brown family, founders of Brown-Forman, has significantly shaped Louisville through extensive philanthropy over 155 years.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
  • More than 600 Middlebury students had also joined an online group to share updates of the extensive effort to find Smith, WPTZ reported.
    Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The city is unsurprisingly full of haunted spaces, but Muriel’s restaurant by Jackson Square is for those who want just a side of spooky.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The full SiriusXM Town Hall will air on Radio Andy on Monday.
    Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Yamamoto is also the first pitcher since Curt Schilling to throw consecutive complete games in a postseason.
    Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • But perhaps one of the most complete.
    Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Exhaustive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhaustive. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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