DRY-CLEANS Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

dry-cleans

verb

present tense third-person singular of dry-clean

as in wipes

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This summer, as record-breaking heat sweeps across Europe and the United States, millions of people are searching for a way to cool off.

— Kathy Baughman McLeod, Time, 4 Aug. 2026
That includes the Washington DC area, where the eclipse will be visible for a portion of the afternoon as the total solar eclipse sweeps over Greenland, Iceland, Northern Russian, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain and part of Portugal.

— Mike Stunson, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of sweeps

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Winter is also a wonderful surprise, when soft snow blankets valley trails and dusts the mountaintops.

— Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2026
Snow sometimes dusts the surrounding slopes, melting by afternoon into damp earth as manzanita and mountain lilac begin to flower.

— Josh Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026

Definition of dusts

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The Cece Hand Wash effectively scrubs away dead skin cells, dirt, and grime with a clean, hydrating, antioxidant-rich formula featuring rosella extract and argan oil.

— Irene Richardson, InStyle, 16 June 2026
Prime lips for a perfectly smooth, even application using the 3-in-1 Lip Scrub pen, which gently scrubs away dead skin with super-fine sugar granules and keeps lips hydrated with nourishing shea butter and algae.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 May 2026

Definition of scrubs

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Paris’s Palais de Tokyo will close for repairs in July 2027, necessitating a temporary move to a location that turns out to be hotly contested, French daily Libération reports.

— News Desk, Artforum, 3 Aug. 2026
But when researchers look closely at the friendships that actually make it from young adulthood into midlife and beyond, longevity turns out to be less about the past and more about a couple of ongoing, almost unglamorous behaviors.

— Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of turns out

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Undersides of Furniture While virtually everyone vacuums around and under furniture, the underside rarely gets tended to.

— Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 27 July 2026
Robot vacuums One of Shark’s robot vacuums that has a HEPA filter is the Shark PowerDetect Self-Empty Robot Vacuum.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026

Definition of vacuums

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Weakened by kidney failure, Karam is unable to work and is tethered 12 hours a day to the machine that cleans the toxins from his blood.

— Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
Dawn Dishwashing Liquid Best soap in the world—cleans dishes and windows, pretreats laundry, and unclogs toilets.

— Chris Kelly, New Yorker, 28 July 2026

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