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"This was the exhaustiveness of the effort," Delacourt said.

From Fox News • Mar. 4, 2019

The longer the list goes on—and it goes on a whole lot longer than I’m in a position to block-quote here, sorely tempted though I am—the more intense the mood of hysterical exhaustiveness becomes.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2018

These days, “S.N.L.” ’s sketches are studied with Talmudic exhaustiveness by outlets large and small.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2018

Their slapstick is inventive and comes with an almost encyclopedic exhaustiveness.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2011

The whole is closely knit and coherent, and the problems involved are treated with an exhaustiveness that is equally fair to both sides.

From Three Comedies by Sharp, R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson)