near exhaustion

collocation in English

meaningsofnearandexhaustion

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near
adjective[before noun]
uk
/nɪər/us
/nɪr/
not far away in distance, time, characteristics, ...
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exhaustion
noun[U]
uk
/ɪɡˈzɔːs.tʃən/us
/ɪɡˈzɑː.tʃən/
the state of being ...
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(Definition ofnearandexhaustionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnear exhaustion

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The present stock of headed notepaper isnearexhaustion, having lasted six months.
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They are ignoring thenearexhaustionof fresh land in the big cities.
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Any pit remotelynearexhaustionhas been shut down in the past 12 months.
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No one has pretended that any of the seven pits that have been fingered for closure in the near future arenearexhaustion.
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It replaced pits that werenearexhaustionand others that will be exhausted within the next few years.
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None of those pits isnearexhaustion.
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Agriculture prospered, as did all sectors except for coal mining, which was operating minesnearexhaustion.
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Onnearexhaustionof the oxygen supply, a whistle sounded to tell the wearer that he had only a few minutes supply left.
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Young children were worked tonearexhaustion, to where they would fall asleep over machines.
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The site has been known for over a century during which it has been extensively excavated to the point ofnearexhaustion.
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Heraclius did not impose harsh terms, knowing that his own empire was alsonearexhaustion.
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The practice frequently pushed himnearexhaustion, at no time more so than during the 1918 flu pandemic, when for five days he never took off his clothes.
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