vacuum cleaner
noun
: a household appliance for cleaning floors, carpets, upholstery, etc. by suction
called also vacuum sweeper
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Constantly swapping between brooms and clunky vacuum cleaners can make chores feel like even more of a hassle.
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Clara McMahon, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
It was developed at Harvard University by Phillip Drinker and Louis Agassiz Shaw, using two vacuum cleaners.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2025
Stick vacuums are long, thin vacuum cleaners with a motor and dirt canister near the top and a brush head on the bottom.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 25 July 2025
Lights, vacuum cleaners and everything else that plugged into the wall had a physical switch.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 3 July 2025
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Clara McMahon, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
It was developed at Harvard University by Phillip Drinker and Louis Agassiz Shaw, using two vacuum cleaners.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2025
Stick vacuums are long, thin vacuum cleaners with a motor and dirt canister near the top and a brush head on the bottom.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 25 July 2025
Lights, vacuum cleaners and everything else that plugged into the wall had a physical switch.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 3 July 2025
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“Vacuum cleaner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacuum%20cleaner. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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