CLEANED (OFF) Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

cleaned (off)

verb

past tense of clean (off)

as in straightened (up)

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turned out

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What was initially diagnosed as a Grade 1 ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) sprain turned out to be much worse for the now 29-year-old reliever.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
Upon closer examination, beats like the ones that Fleming’s team described turned out to reflect not quantum coherence, but a resonance between wiggling molecular bonds.

— Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026

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