exhausts

verb

present tense third-person singular of exhaust
1
as in wears
to use up all the physical energy of the long day at the county fair had exhausted everyone

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2
as in drains
to make complete use of we had been at the theme park barely for two hours, and we were on the verge of exhausting our spending money

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Recent Examples of exhausts If a bureaucratic process exhausts whatever time a citizen has available, then benefits are lost or rights are denied. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026 That’s because even ordinary winds – and far worse, storms and earthquakes – cause tall buildings to sway, which ruins people’s concentration, wrecks their mood, and even exhausts them. — New Atlas, 24 July 2026 Watching this scene, and much of the film, exhausts me. — Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026 If the search for a large outdoor planter exhausts you—just get a terra-cotta planter. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Apr. 2026 As the oil blockade quickly exhausts Cuba’s supply of fuel, triggering a series of lengthy, island-wide blackouts, many here are exhausted and are becoming increasingly vocal about their desire for fundamental changes in Cuba. — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026 Board member Nicole Gribstad also urged the committee to include an option that delays such a decision and exhausts all other financial alternatives before closing schools. — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026 Indecision exhausts organizations, and erratic action confuses them. — J. Todd Phillips, Forbes.com, 6 Feb. 2026 But freedom of expression is a constant pursuit, as natural as breathing, and silencing it is an imperfect practice that exhausts the oppressor and energizes the oppressed. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhausts
  1. wears
  2. drains
  3. kills
  4. consumes
  5. tires
  6. spends
  7. busts
  8. reduces
Verb
  • Olivia Miles, the rookie point guard for the Minnesota Lynx, wears a pair of bug-eyed sports goggles, black and bulbous, sometimes held in place by a thick strap that runs through her luxuriant Afro.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Every patient wears a card on a lanyard, encoded so the equipment knows who's standing in front of it.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of wears
Verb
  • Aerate The Soil Soil that drains poorly and becomes waterlogged will cause grass to suffer, but nutgrass can flourish in these conditions.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Defensiveness extends conversations, weakens credibility and drains emotional energy that could have been directed toward solving problems.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of drains
Verb
  • Because the coating stops being an insulator when its breakdown threshold is reached, the charge rips through it in a miniature dielectric breakdown, the same failure mode that kills capacitors and transformer insulation.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The forest feels healthy even though it is pockmarked with dead standing beetle kills.
    — Megan Schrader, Denver Post, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of kills
Verb
  • At risk of power shortages A single large AI data center now consumes as much electricity as a city of 80,000 people, Khosla Ventures founder Vinod Khosla wrote in Fortune this year, and companies are building hundreds of them at once.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • That figure assumes the vehicle consumes 100 watt-hours per mile and its solar panels deliver at least four kWh of usable energy to the battery during the day.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of consumes
Verb
  • More than 90% agreed or strongly agreed that scent work is enjoyable for dogs, tires them out and builds confidence in shy dogs.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
  • Kenner said Thuja will only truly rest after a long session of training or searching, which tires out not only her body but also her brain.
    — Liz Teitz, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Mar. 2026
Definition of tires
Verb
  • Or… 2) Miami is insufficiently impressed and spends its likely very high 2027 first-round draft pick on a QB with the clear intent for the rookie to soon replace Willis.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Unlike some long-distance trails that offer extended stretches of relatively forgiving terrain, the AT spends much of its length going relentlessly up and down the Appalachian Mountains.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of spends
Verb
  • Tyree Howard busts through the line and rumbles 15 yards for the touchdown to increase the Seminole lead.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The Rolling Stones frontman busts a move in a new video beneath a glittering disco ball.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of busts
Verb
  • At the center, a Geometric CNC Fuller visually reduces the mass of the blade while reinforcing Razorbill's distinctive multi-faceted character.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The powertrain also recaptures waste energy; the ThermAssist heat management system boosts range by 7 percent and reduces the amount of energy needed to heat the car by 40 percent.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of reduces

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