vacuumed

verb

past tense of vacuum
as in cleaned
to use a vacuum cleaner on (something) in order to remove dirt I vacuumed the living room.

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Recent Examples of vacuumed The live one was found in the back-right corner when inspectors vacuumed it up. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026 In one hour, the robot made her bed, cleaned her bathroom and vacuumed. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Pillows that are made with these materials should be vacuumed off, hand-washed or spot-cleaned, and then air-dried. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026 Its forecast for revenue growth in the current quarter fell short of expectations, which executives pinned on a supply crunch in components getting vacuumed up in the AI boom. — Stan Choe, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026 One man leaned his shoulder into the drill as another vacuumed up the dust of century-old concrete. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026 How carpet shampooers work Carpet shampooers, also called carpet cleaners, combine water and specialized soap into a solution that’s sprayed into the carpet, then scrubbed and vacuumed away, bringing dirt with it. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 June 2026 Workers used a swimming pool-type vacuum cleaner to suck up algae from the bottom, leaving behind clean patches of American Flag Blue paint adjacent to enormous swaths of green algae in a pattern familiar to anyone who has ever vacuumed a carpet before. — Katie Vogel, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026 The city has recently used herbicide to control aquatic vegetation, plus has vacuumed sediment near the intake for the Phillips Park Golf Course’s irrigation system, the report said. — R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacuumed
  1. cleaned
  2. brushed
  3. swept
  4. washed
  5. scrubbed
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  • Buckets overflowed with conch and clams, and customers pointed to whole fish on ice to be cleaned and cut for dinner.
    — Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Pictures show the ancient Roman silver denarii after they were carefully cleaned, some bearing portraits and inscriptions.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
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  • Next to her, Deary sported the quintessential Gen Z slicked-back ponytail, parted in the middle and bristle-brushed back from the sides of her head.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Jansen was beaten through the gate by a Hazlewood nip-backer on 35, and Simon Harmer went in the same over to a riser that brushed his glove and shoulder and that Carey had to leap high for.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
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  • As Florida and Alabama cleaned up after Isaias swept through the day before, the storm’s remnants brought the risk of flooding to the Appalachians and the mid-Atlantic region on Sunday.
    — Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Related Though local law enforcement swept Tulsa’s BOK Center and its surroundings and determined the threat was not credible on Friday, the show was still called off.
    — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of swept
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  • The collection also includes an oversize reversible bomber jacket, washed and distressed sweatshirts and T-shirts, a polo, baseball caps and dedicated kids’ pieces.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The tongs used to grab pastelitos, croquetas and empanadas from the hot box had been in use more than four hours without being washed, rinsed and sanitized again.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
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  • Is a moment of discomfort or failure or confusion so intolerable that it must be scrubbed away forever?
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Social media posts linking to the story have also been scrubbed from the internet.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of scrubbed

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“Vacuumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacuumed. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

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