cleaned (up)

past tense of clean (up)
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as in tidied (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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaned (up)
Verb
  • The 2018 movie Bohemian Rhapsody, which grossed $14 million at the China box office as part of a global take north of $962M, reportedly had three minutes censored for references to Queen frontman Freddie Mercury’s homosexuality and AIDS.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
  • By the time of its public release, in the summer of that year, it had been censored.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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  • It's been over 60 years since the parasite was eradicated from the United States and its return could cause losses of billions of dollars to the livestock industry.
    Clara Migoya, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The drop-off between the starting player and his backup was still too great in some areas of Arsenal’s squad last season, but that has now been eradicated.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Perhaps the biggest change, though, is that the average length of a game has been shortened by more than a half hour.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Leavitt told digital magazine Bolts that dropping the death penalty shortened the trial by about three months.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The film captures every enraging detail of the trial while using it as a jumping off point for an exploration of the history of the region and the ways in which the Chuchagasta have been bureaucratically erased in order to strip them of their property and rights.
    Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
  • An Alcaraz ace erased the first chance, but Fritz broke through on the second try, following a furious rally and a dropper from Alcaraz that fell short.
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Buckeyes benefited from a pair of penalties, including a face mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The Buckeyes benefitted from a pair of penalties, including a face-mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.
    Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Complicating matters for all the island’s inhabitants, in January 1793 the French revolutionaries, who had abolished the monarchy to create a republic, executed King Louis XVI and then declared war on Great Britain and Spain.
    Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Two years later, the monarchy was abolished, and Nepal, the world’s sole Hindu kingdom, proclaimed itself a secular republic.
    Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Szyszkiewicz was arranged in Seneca County Centralized Arraignment Part Court and is being held on a $250,000 bail or a $500,000 bond.
    Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • It’s also brilliantly arranged, from the chiming guitar on the intro to the way the rhythm section makes its entrance (McCartney-esque bassline and rat-a-tat snare) before pulling back on the chorus, where Ruess’ vocal appears to be floating in space on a bed of keyboards and piano.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Fillet picked up the estate in 1972 for a mere $138,000.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Declines picked up in recent years, with the growth rate down 3% between 2019 and 2024.
    Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Cleaned (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleaned%20%28up%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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