as in brushes
to use a vacuum cleaner on (something) in order to remove dirt
I vacuumed the living room.
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Recent Examples of vacuums
The structure floods the retina with sugar to fuel its anaerobic engine and rapidly vacuums out lactate waste, preventing the build-up of toxic byproducts in the bloodless eye.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Jan. 2026
Liposuction entails surgically inserting a probe that vacuums out not only body fat, but also fat storage cells.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Jan. 2026
Liposuction entails surgically inserting a probe that vacuums out not only body fat, but also fat storage cells.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacuums
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Elizabeth Scott brushes off the comparison.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
23 Dec. 2025
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If someone does bring up his teary picture, Wallake brushes it off.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
21 Dec. 2025
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After his wound becomes infected, Sophie cleans it and prepares a compress.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Wong also recommends deep cleaning with Cafiza, a food-safe coffee detergent that cleans coffee oils off equipment safely.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
24 Jan. 2026
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But the judge heard evidence that agents in Oregon have arrested people in immigration sweeps without such warrants or determining escape was likely.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Feb. 2026
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In Minnesota, the immigration sweeps proceed unabated.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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China operates one of the world’s most extensive online censorship and surveillance regimes that scrubs political dissent and criticism of the ruling Communist Party’s leadership and ideologies, including a drive against feminine portrayals of men in pop culture.—
Steven Jiang,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Blue Origin scrubs New Glenn liftoff.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Vacuums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacuums. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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