vacuum cleaner
noun
: a household appliance for cleaning floors, carpets, upholstery, etc. by suction
called also vacuum sweeper
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Push The Mower Forward Your mower isn't a vacuum cleaner.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 May 2025
Still, SharkNinja is still looking to build a factory in the U.S. to produce low-labor intensive products like coolers and certain vacuum cleaners, the story said.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 13 May 2025
That applies to vacuum cleaners, sponges and, maybe especially, sink faucets.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
When her spirit returns by possessing a vacuum cleaner, their unconventional human-ghost relationship faces resistance from his family.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 May 2025
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 May 2025
Still, SharkNinja is still looking to build a factory in the U.S. to produce low-labor intensive products like coolers and certain vacuum cleaners, the story said.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 13 May 2025
That applies to vacuum cleaners, sponges and, maybe especially, sink faucets.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
When her spirit returns by possessing a vacuum cleaner, their unconventional human-ghost relationship faces resistance from his family.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 May 2025
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“Vacuum cleaner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacuum%20cleaner. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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