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  1. cleaning, cleansing, cleanupnoun

    the act of making something clean

    "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"

    Synonyms:
    cleanup position, cleanup spot, killing, cleansing, cleanup

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How to use cleaning in a sentence?

  1. Kurt Vonnegut:

    Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.

  2. Jackie Morales:

    Shreve Memorial Library in Louisiana posted on Facebook.The man was cleaning his parents' home when he found the book and decided to return it. He said it was what his mother would have done, the library's assistant manager Jackie Morales said.Read More.

  3. Chris Sayegh:

    It was bad, i mean, I had a manic episode, and I was basically cleaning really, really good, and I just cleaned everything, and I just did not stop.

  4. Andrew Collier:

    China has made the bankruptcy process very efficient for smaller companies. This is a very large, politically connected company that is going to court, it is a good sign that China is cleaning up the bigger, bad companies.

  5. Tim McGraw:

    I spent 30 years in hotel rooms going in and out, so Ive never even thought about cleaning up, but shes a neat freak, so she likes everything pretty clean, so I always get on her nerves about that.


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