as in systematically
with attention to all aspects or details
the psychic's claims were exhaustively examined by scientific experts and found to be without merit
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Recent Examples of exhaustively
LGMs use frameworks that analyze and reason across both time and space to exhaustively simulate virtually any and every event and scenario.
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John M. Bremen, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The movie’s go-to technique is exhaustively long flashbacks meant to retroactively explain connective tissue that, at the very least, ought to have been hinted at through performance.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
Intentional, in this case, meaning exhaustively tested and research.
—Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 4 Aug. 2025
The part of the sensory cortex that receives input from the hand hasn't been mapped exhaustively via electrodes, in part because the regions dealing with the fingertips are tucked into a groove in the brain called the central sulcus.
—Chad Bouton, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2021
John M. Bremen, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The movie’s go-to technique is exhaustively long flashbacks meant to retroactively explain connective tissue that, at the very least, ought to have been hinted at through performance.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
Intentional, in this case, meaning exhaustively tested and research.
—Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 4 Aug. 2025
The part of the sensory cortex that receives input from the hand hasn't been mapped exhaustively via electrodes, in part because the regions dealing with the fingertips are tucked into a groove in the brain called the central sulcus.
—Chad Bouton, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhaustively
Adverb
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These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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China is tapping into the knowhow of its universities and private sector in efforts to integrate AI into national defense, and is doing so more systematically than the US, Georgetown University researchers found.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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One manager excelled at making quick decisions and taking action; another was brilliant at analyzing data thoroughly.—
Gamze Acar Bayraktaroglu,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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At receiver, the decision to go with heavy doses of veteran portal additions Keelan Marion (via BYU) and CJ Daniels (via LSU) over the younger boundary receivers was thoroughly validated, particularly with Jojo Trader (who played eight snaps) still limited somewhat by an August injury.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Exhaustively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhaustively. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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