exhausting
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Changing policies has not been an exclusively positive experience, and one Anglesey head teacher said enforcing a stricter policy "requires a level of time and emotional energy that's exhausting for staff".
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Private equity firms have historically generated returns by cutting payrolls and reducing services at acquired companies before exhausting remaining assets.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
If expenses rise, we can use our cash reserves; only after exhausting those would I consider taxable IRA withdrawals.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
"The purchases were undertaken strictly out of extreme necessity as an extraordinary emergency measure in response to unprecedented geopolitical and supply-chain disruptions and only after exhausting all commercially and operationally viable alternatives," the report reads.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Another yawn threatened to break out—all this stress was exhausting.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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