vacuum cleaner
noun
: a household appliance for cleaning floors, carpets, upholstery, etc. by suction
called also vacuum sweeper
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When her spirit returns by possessing a vacuum cleaner, their unconventional human-ghost relationship faces resistance from his family.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 May 2025
Remember how James Dyson’s revolutionary cyclone vacuum cleaner emerged not from him studying existing vacuum cleaner designs but from noticing how industrial cyclones separate particles in lumber mills?
—Goran Paun, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
After the spill, the indictment says, the SUV driver tried to use a vacuum cleaner at Kulikoff’s car wash to clean the spill.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Anastasio belongs on any list of the best rock guitarists (including Rolling Stone’s); drummer Jon Fishman keeps it tight and plays a mean vacuum cleaner; Mike Gordon and Page McConnell are master craftsmen, and crucially, the collective is more than the sum of their parts.
—Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 May 2025
Remember how James Dyson’s revolutionary cyclone vacuum cleaner emerged not from him studying existing vacuum cleaner designs but from noticing how industrial cyclones separate particles in lumber mills?
—Goran Paun, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
After the spill, the indictment says, the SUV driver tried to use a vacuum cleaner at Kulikoff’s car wash to clean the spill.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Anastasio belongs on any list of the best rock guitarists (including Rolling Stone’s); drummer Jon Fishman keeps it tight and plays a mean vacuum cleaner; Mike Gordon and Page McConnell are master craftsmen, and crucially, the collective is more than the sum of their parts.
—Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Vacuum cleaner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacuum%20cleaner. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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