variants or spic-and-span

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Recent Examples of spick-and-span Keep your refrigerator spick-and-span by washing produce drawers with hot water and soap, and spraying all surfaces down with a disinfecting (but non-toxic and food-friendly) vinegar solution. Elizabeth Brownfield, Southern Living, 19 July 2025 This compound has antimicrobial properties that leave your grill spick-and-span. Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 21 June 2023 Courteney Cox is keeping her Walk of Fame star — and those belonging to her famous friends — spick-and-span! Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023 In the otherwise ramshackle dusty town, sits nestled a spick-and-span health clinic run by the Catholic Daughters of Saint Anne. Foreign Affairs, 22 Mar. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spick-and-span
Adjective
  • With over a decade-long career in journalism, Neetika Walter has worked with The Economic Times, ANI, and Hindustan Times, covering politics, business, technology, and the clean energy sector.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Transform toilet paper rolls into this monster mobile from Happy Hooligans by painting or coloring the tubes and adding on googly eyes, squiggly pipe-cleaner arms, and toothy construction-paper mouths.
    Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • China’s sweeping new restrictions, some of which won’t take effect until November, could deal a huge blow to East Asian economies, such as Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, which play critical roles in the global tech and artificial intelligence supply chain, as well as the auto industries.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
  • And among the primary challenges is learning new defensive principles.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The man had immaculate style and exquisite manners.
    Olivia Allen, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Our field was immaculate and our team always looked great; first-class uniforms.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • That sense of reiterating his faith and a fresh start were on display Sunday night as Brown registered his first two-touchdown game in four seasons to help the resurgent Chiefs beat visiting Detroit 30-17.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Unfortunately, most bread boxes and bags just don’t keep bread fresh long enough to reach the end of the loaf.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • As the ancient rocks still showed the original deficit, the conclusion is that the building blocks of the proto-Earth somehow remained pristine and sequestered deep within the Earth’s interior.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the most pristine places on Earth attract not just people seeking beauty, but animals searching for food, safety—or, in the case of Blue Spring State Park in Central Florida, warmth.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Suddenly, my spotless record was tainted.
    Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
  • For reliable ways to keep your home spotless shop the Dyson V8 Cordless Vacuum and the Bissell Little Green Portable Carpet Cleaner, which just got a deeper discount.
    Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025

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