vacuum cleaner
noun
: a household appliance for cleaning floors, carpets, upholstery, etc. by suction
called also vacuum sweeper
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That includes vacuum cleaners and cleaning gadgets, kitchen must-haves, and gardening and patio finds, too.
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2025
Beneath the cobblestones lies a network of tubes that sucks trash out of the city with the force of half a million household vacuum cleaners.
—Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
The vacuum cleaner has racked up thousands of perfect ratings from reviewers, and more than 1,000 people have picked one up in the past month at Amazon.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 13 June 2025
Rather than focusing on lead characters, the show is built around a collection of wooden pieces— such as cats on vacuum cleaners, flying piglets, geometric shape – which are used to tell new stories each time, much like a child reaching into a toy box.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 June 2025
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2025
Beneath the cobblestones lies a network of tubes that sucks trash out of the city with the force of half a million household vacuum cleaners.
—Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
The vacuum cleaner has racked up thousands of perfect ratings from reviewers, and more than 1,000 people have picked one up in the past month at Amazon.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 13 June 2025
Rather than focusing on lead characters, the show is built around a collection of wooden pieces— such as cats on vacuum cleaners, flying piglets, geometric shape – which are used to tell new stories each time, much like a child reaching into a toy box.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 June 2025
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“Vacuum cleaner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacuum%20cleaner. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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