as in tired
depleted in strength, energy, or freshness
I'm just played out after the week I've had
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as in spent
to make complete use of
we've finally played out the leftovers from that huge holiday meal
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Recent Examples of played out
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
This vital conversation of what to do about it has played out in these chambers for well over a decade.
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Sacramento Bee Staff,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
Stepheny Price , Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
The most prominent example of this regulatory friction played out in South Africa with a gruelling, multi-year saga of Vodacom-Maziv deal.
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Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
8 June 2026
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Adjective
This is all being played out amid the backdrop of Netflix’s audacious swoop for WBD, which will give Netflix control over two of the world’s biggest streaming services.
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Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
This vital conversation of what to do about it has played out in these chambers for well over a decade.
—
Sacramento Bee Staff,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
The attention surrounding the case extended beyond the courtroom and often played out outside the Collin County courthouse.
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Stepheny Price , Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
The most prominent example of this regulatory friction played out in South Africa with a gruelling, multi-year saga of Vodacom-Maziv deal.
—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for played out
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Hollywood Plot Lines and Reality These are the tired questions every UFO skeptic asks.
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If your complexion tends to look flat or tired by midday, this powder can help bring back some radiance.
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Some employees have spent decades here.
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The average taxpayer who telephoned the IRS during tax season this year spent 14 minutes on hold, the advocate reports.
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Research shows over half of American travelers feel exhausted, with one in five admitting to booking a trip out of anger.
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But Raj is feverish, foggy, and exhausted.
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But while the creative component has consumed the conversation around AI in advertising, the most lucrative changes from AI are likely on the other end of the process — where the technology is disrupting how people buy the products advertisers want to sell.
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As long as billions of dollars are consumed by obligations from decades past, taxpayers will keep spending more while students see less of the benefit.
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But at this point in the draft, the player pool is tapped out.
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The family begs for a twilight cruise, but the battery is already tapped out.
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, the National Mall fixture has turned an algae green (this often happens after it is drained for maintenance).
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Rumors swirled that Lachlan and his Scottish country mates — the traveling pep squad known as the Tartan Army — had drained the pub of all its beer on Sunday night.
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Though not as big or catastrophic as the asteroid theorized to have wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, Apophis would cause widespread destruction up to several hundred kilometers from its impact site.
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Article continues below Jen (voiced by Stephen Garlick), who is a member of another, near-extinct race called Gelflings, was raised by Mystics after Skeksis wiped out his extended family.
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Among them, a large waterfront hotel in the city of Macuto, which has been reduced to rubble.
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That matters because decades of research link heavy social media use to anxiety, lower self-esteem and reduced well-being.
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