Synonyms of cleanups

cleanups

noun

plural of cleanup

as in profits

an exceptionally large return

The couple made a cleanup when they flipped the house.

Related Words

• profits
• killings
• sales
• gains
• windfalls
• payoffs
• nets
• payments
• proceeds
• earnings
• bottom lines
• salaries
• revenues
• wages
• grosses
• pays
• incomes
• lucre
• emoluments
• remittals
• yields
• compensations
• interests
• requitals

Dissimilar Words

• costs
• expenses
• expenditures
• losses
• charges
• disbursements
• outlays
• outgoes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cleanups

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

Upcoming opportunities include workdays at the 400-year-old royal fishpond Loko Iʻa Pāʻaiau on O‘ahu, beach cleanups with Friends of Kamalani & Lydgate Park in Kaua‘i, and sewing initiatives with The Sewing Hui in Maui. —Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2026

Last year, 2,414 volunteers picked up 11,541 pounds of trash at 98 cleanups at beaches, lakes, and parks inland and along the coastline across Connecticut and New York, according to Save the Sound. —Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026

Despite these risks, the five-year plans governing the expensive and time-consuming cleanups at the sites often failed to account for damage posed by flooding from sea-level rise and more frequent storms and wildfire, the IG’s review found. —ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026

These monthly group cleanups, called Nothin' But Sand, are the last defense against marine pollution. —Cbs La Staff, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026

The contracts spell out various services across the city, including trash cleanups and assisting the city’s homeless population with finding housing and resources. —Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026