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cleanliness

[klen-lee-nis] / ˈklɛn li nɪs /


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To this day, all orders are custom-made and nothing is frozen, a practice that stays true to the founding couple’s promise of “Quality, Cleanliness and Service.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

A chance meeting with a retired bureaucrat in the early 1990s helped formalize his Campaign of the Cleanliness Workers movement, leading to both donations and volunteers.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024

They formed a group last year, called the Situ Gede Cleanliness Warrior, named after the lake.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

Cleanliness has historically been used as a cultural gatekeeping mechanism to reinforce status distinctions based on a vague understanding of "niceness": Nice people, with nice yards, in nice houses, make for nice neighborhoods.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2023

Cleanliness was a priority, as was ample space for marching, which he practiced regularly and often.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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