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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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2
as in censored
to remove objectionable parts from
cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper
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as in eradicated
to destroy all traces of
hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaned (up)
Verb
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Officials censored, revised, and rewrote theater repertoire to remove any idealization of the pre-revolutionary past and add content that glorified Soviet rule.—
Yegor Mostovshikov,
The Dial,
9 Sep. 2025 -
Epstein is posing with Pashcow, a third man, and a woman whose face is censored.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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High among their concerns are declining vaccination rates resulting in outbreaks of contagious diseases like pertussis — also known as whooping cough — and measles, a disease the United States declared eradicated in 2000.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Now with the barriers to entry to publishing information largely eradicated by social media and technology, such alliances may not be as immediately essential.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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Several previous stages of the race held before Sunday had been shortened or changed because of similar protests against Israel’s war in Gaza.—
Pau Mosquera,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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Thanks for all the fantastic questions, some of which have been edited or shortened for clarity.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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Total job growth was revised lower by the largest amount in history, The revisions erased 911 thousand jobs over the full year period, adding to mounting concerns of a weakening labor market and fueling questions as to the reliability of monthly data being used to gauge employment.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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But ultimately, the Bills offense stormed back and erased a 15-point deficit in the fourth quarter to steal the Week 1 win away from the Ravens.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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The Chinese leader, who assumed the presidency in 2013, abolished term limits in 2018.—
Evelyn Cheng,Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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In 2018, China’s legislature abolished presidential term limits in a ceremonial vote, effectively allowing Xi to rule for life.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Microsoft Teams app on a laptop arranged in New York, US, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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The three-petal footprint arranged in a Y-shape isn’t just for aesthetic purposes.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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That victim was picked up in Boston’s North End, then stabbed and raped in suburban Wellesley.—
Willoughby Mariano,
ProPublica,
11 Sep. 2025
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In the last half-hour or so before the trade deadline, the Reds picked up Andujar to hit left-handed pitching.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
11 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 16 Sep. 2025.
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