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as in to tidy (up)
to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom

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noun

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Recent Examples of clean (up)
Noun
In 2024, three coastal cleanup weekends welcomed 24 participants to Traena. Coral Murphy Marcos, New York Times, 2 May 2025 Eye On America More 15 years after BP oil spill, Louisiana coast marine recovery still ongoing Nuclear waste has haunted St. Louis for decades, but cleanup isn't over Their local creek carried nuclear waste. Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2025 What began as a weather warning turned into the worst hail storm one family ever experienced — and the cleanup is far from over. Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025 Public health historians credit the cleanup of the milk supply as one of the major drivers of the dramatic decrease in child mortality over the course of the 20th century. Made By History, Time, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for clean (up)
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clean (up)
Verb
  • Cutting funds relevant to these groups or censoring materials reflecting their experiences deepens their marginalization and chills dissent.
    Laura Backstrom, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
  • These friendships were broken up by violence, censored in films or simply abandoned by women themselves in the face of the dominant patriarchal norms.
    Laura Mills, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
Verb
  • Guy Gooder, a graphic designer and the district’s community service project chair, said Edwards did not stick to the topic he was given and insulted the Rotarians by attacking federal agencies the organization works closely with to eradicate polio.
    Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2025
  • The interview comes the same day the billionaire philanthropist announced plans to spend almost all of his money over the next 20 years in an effort to have maximum impact on global health issues like finding cures for diseases such as HIV and eradicating polio.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Femicide is the killing of women and girls because of their gender, according to the European Institute for Gender Equality.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Investigators had connected him to a white vehicle seen near the killings, DNA recovered from a tan leather knife sheath found near Mogen’s body and his cell phone location data near the home, according to court documents.
    Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • Together, the two companies shorten supply lines, increase transparency, and provide domestic manufacturers with reliable, high-quality inputs.
    William Jones, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Warm temperatures speed up the blooming, shortening the season.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • The reported probe adds to a string of recent setbacks for the healthcare conglomerate that has erased more than half, or over $300 billion, from its market value since November, when shares were trading at record highs.
    Sneha S.K, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Even so, the change in staffing of the longstanding skycap service erases yet another defining feature that has differentiated Southwest from its rivals, says airline industry expert Henry Harteveldt.
    Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • This leaves the share trading at an eye-watering 110 times consensus profit estimates for next year and 167 times for 2025 earnings.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 13 May 2025
  • As a result, any new litigation over Trump's potential foreign profits during his second term would start from scratch, with no Supreme Court precedent to guide future cases.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 17 May 2025
  • The day continued with a session on Final Cut Pro, where attendees learned about editing techniques and how to refine their video content.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 17 May 2025
Verb
  • More news to know now The acting FEMA administrator was replaced after contradicting Trump on abolishing the agency.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • In February 1987, Sir Joseph Cantley found the club and county council, by then abolished, two-thirds and one-third responsible.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 10 May 2025

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“Clean (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clean%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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