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Recent Examples of cleanness
Diego Schwartzman, one of South America’s preeminent male players of the past two decades, remembers warming up with a 15-year-old Fonseca ahead of the Rio de Janeiro Open final against Alcaraz in 2022, and being struck by both the cleanness of the youngster’s strike and its inaccuracy.
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Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
The home support, angry at referee Rob Jones throughout, could barely muster an appeal for a penalty given the cleanness of the challenge.
—Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
Copland’s music has a cleanness, a belief that all the parts must function.
—Jane Levere, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
With her brand new red locks separated in a half-up half-down style, Fox brilliantly combines the chaos of a messy bun with the cleanness of parted face-framing strands.
—Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
Our special boosters powerfully break through any type of stain or odor, giving you an all-natural cleanness that leaves your clothes looking and smelling great.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
The sparseness of the production design and cleanness of the editing permit Adkins and Long’s full-tilt gracefulness to be the scene’s primary focus.
—Vulture, 7 Mar. 2023
The reasons include not just gas's relative abundance and cheapness, its cleanness, and its low carbon content compared with coal, but also its flexibility, as a recent Worldwatch report observes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2010
Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
The home support, angry at referee Rob Jones throughout, could barely muster an appeal for a penalty given the cleanness of the challenge.
—Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
Copland’s music has a cleanness, a belief that all the parts must function.
—Jane Levere, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
With her brand new red locks separated in a half-up half-down style, Fox brilliantly combines the chaos of a messy bun with the cleanness of parted face-framing strands.
—Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
Our special boosters powerfully break through any type of stain or odor, giving you an all-natural cleanness that leaves your clothes looking and smelling great.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
The sparseness of the production design and cleanness of the editing permit Adkins and Long’s full-tilt gracefulness to be the scene’s primary focus.
—Vulture, 7 Mar. 2023
The reasons include not just gas's relative abundance and cheapness, its cleanness, and its low carbon content compared with coal, but also its flexibility, as a recent Worldwatch report observes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleanness
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There's something timeless about the design's cleanliness and simplicity, even though Apple hasn't changed the appearance at all from the original AirPods Max.—
Christian de Looper,
PC Magazine,
18 Apr. 2026
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Parker said her budget is focused on strengthening public safety, expanding housing, improving street cleanliness and greenery, and expanding economic opportunity.—
Kerri Corrado,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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But prices for high-purity helium used in industrial sectors have doubled in China in the past month, according to Sublime China Information, a Chinese market intelligence firm.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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But the knowledge of how to enrich uranium to weapons-grade purity does not disappear when centrifuges are destroyed.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
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Yet our education system, obsessed with correctness, often trains this instinct out of kids.—
Vivienne Ming,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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We all get hung up in political correctness.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Mar. 2026
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Honesty, honor, humility, truth, compassion, humanity, thoughtfulness, morality, true strength and decency.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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But the former controller, despite her air of competence and decency, hasn’t been able to attract support above the low single digits.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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If the Sun is high in the lunar sky during the flyby, there will be few shadows, and the crew will be looking for subtle variations in surface color and rightness.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
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This sense of rightness — imperfect, but clarifying — is what gout offers as diagnosis.—
Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
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Kay also challenged the propriety of statements made by the prosecutor during her closing arguments.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Larkin found that Muslim viewers in Kano reinterpreted Bollywood films through an Islamic moral lens, reading their narratives as reinforcing local values of propriety and ethical conduct.—
Gareth Barkin,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
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This series is to encourage [and] inspire hip hop and remind us all [of] the pureness of hip hop.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
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The lush and magical pureness requires a sort of kinship with travelers—and awareness of impact can help to preserve this.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Aug. 2023
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“Cleanness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleanness. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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