cleaning (up)

present participle of clean (up)
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as in tidying (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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Verb
  • The broadcast stations also are prohibited from rejecting or censoring ads from legally qualified candidates.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024
  • This isn't the first time Russian media has been accused of censoring LGBTQ content.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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  • The last took place in 2012-13, shortening that season to 48 games.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • It can be worn as a belt bag closer to the chest or around the waist by shortening the strap, depending on your preference.
    Casey Clark, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
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  • The response comes amid allegations that the institution was caving to Chinese pressure by erasing Tibetan cultural denominations.
    The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Shares of Tesla climbed 32% in the third quarter, erasing their loss for the year in the process.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
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  • Stein has called for abolishing student and medical debt.
    Margie Cullen, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz endorses abolishing the Electoral College.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
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  • Keeping the excessive usage of drones in ongoing wars in mind, the United States Army’s Apache helicopters are training to get better at destroying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) mid-flight using Hellfire missiles, among other ammunition.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The grand jury accused Whiting of misuse of public monies, theft, conflict of interest, harassment, sending a threatening letter and stealing, destroying, altering or secreting public records.
    Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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