as in profits
an exceptionally large return
The couple made a cleanup when they flipped the house.
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Recent Examples of cleanups
Either way, getting to the uranium will require heavy earth-moving equipment, says Cheryl Rofer, a retired Los Alamos National Laboratory chemist, who participated in nuclear material cleanups in Estonia and Kazakhstan.
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Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
There are several festivals and cleanups from Wednesday into the weekend.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The group is made up of medical and graduate students and hosts events throughout the year across Atlanta, including gardening projects, clothing swaps and cleanups in communities like the West End.
—Jamal Goss, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
But many groups use the day to put together volunteer events with the environment in mind, such as cleanups of natural areas.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Industries and local government officials have used low blood lead levels to avoid cleanups before, said Larry Zaragoza, a retired EPA employee who spent decades analyzing and developing policies relating to lead risk.
—Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
Earth Day is on April 22 and neighborhoods throughout San Diego County will hold festivals, celebrations, cleanups and community gatherings to raise awareness about ways to take care of the planet.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
Although more than 83% of the items picked up in the cleanups were various pieces plastic, there were several other unusual items — including a pair of cross-country skis and a quart of milk.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
In 1969, a Puerto Rican civil rights group, the Young Lords, held weekly street cleanups in East Harlem to highlight the racial and economic inequality that existed in city garbage collection.
—Tim Craig The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2026
Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
There are several festivals and cleanups from Wednesday into the weekend.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The group is made up of medical and graduate students and hosts events throughout the year across Atlanta, including gardening projects, clothing swaps and cleanups in communities like the West End.
—Jamal Goss, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
But many groups use the day to put together volunteer events with the environment in mind, such as cleanups of natural areas.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Industries and local government officials have used low blood lead levels to avoid cleanups before, said Larry Zaragoza, a retired EPA employee who spent decades analyzing and developing policies relating to lead risk.
—Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
Earth Day is on April 22 and neighborhoods throughout San Diego County will hold festivals, celebrations, cleanups and community gatherings to raise awareness about ways to take care of the planet.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
Although more than 83% of the items picked up in the cleanups were various pieces plastic, there were several other unusual items — including a pair of cross-country skis and a quart of milk.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
In 1969, a Puerto Rican civil rights group, the Young Lords, held weekly street cleanups in East Harlem to highlight the racial and economic inequality that existed in city garbage collection.
—Tim Craig The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleanups
Noun
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But land developers and speculators reap huge profits, the state and local governments gleefully do their bidding.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Isaacman is well suited for leading the space agency during the rise of the commercial space industry, with its large potential profits and much lower launch costs because of reusable rockets.—
Thomas Black,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The crisis caused by Minneapolis killings Senators returned to work this week dealing with the fallout from the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers, as well as the killing of Renee Good in the city weeks earlier.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Crisis after Minneapolis killings Senators returned to work this week dealing with the fallout from the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers, as well as the killing of Renee Good in the city weeks earlier.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
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ISBNs later helped support the digitization of distribution, inventory control, and sales tracking by providing a unique identifier for each edition of a book.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 Apr. 2026
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