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
Last year, while our house was being vacuumed by a housekeeper, Butch bit her on her calf.
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Step-by-Step Cleaning Process Vacuuming Upholstered chairs should be vacuumed weekly to remove loose dust, dirt, and hair.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Step-by-Step Cleaning Process Vacuuming Upholstered chairs should be vacuumed weekly to remove loose dust, dirt, and hair.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacuumed
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Once cleaned, the canal is filled with a rubber-like material and sealed to prevent reinfection.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Brass door handles can be cleaned with soap and water as mentioned above.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
13 Sep. 2025
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The two asked around but brushed off the messages as a prank.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
10 Sep. 2025
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According to her, the girlfriend brushed off the refusal and signaled her annoyance.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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After the shooting, the school was placed in a lockdown and officials swept the campus.—
Alex Stone,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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That’s more exciting to me than last year, when James swept the fiction categories, with even the Pulitzer board overriding their fiction judges to award the big prize to Percival Everett’s novel.—
Maris Kreizman,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Some dials may be removed and washed by hand to remove any grime or buildup.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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Yet a surprisingly large number of dishes that are washed end up being washed by hand.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Nothing better than putting down the top and driving beautiful roads just after the rain stops and the air is powerfully charged by the nearby ocean, scrubbed clean.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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That ended last month, the latest senior figure scrubbed from a poster that is unrecognisable from just 18 months ago.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Vacuumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacuumed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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