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housecleaning

[hous-klee-ning] / ˈhaʊsˌkli nɪŋ /


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This wasn’t a major housecleaning but more like a culling of online subscriptions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

But even after a new album — the band’s 12th — was released in April, concert sales lagged, leading to the cancellations and a housecleaning behind the scenes.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2024

The housecleaning could delay processing the income statements because the financial team had been reshuffled, the source said, adding "with some firings, rediscovering the past gets even more complicated."

From Reuters • Jun. 22, 2023

Organizations on the left and right created a critical mass for a housecleaning, and in 1938 Shaw was recalled, the nation’s first recall of a big-city mayor.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023

She dulled the agony somewhat by plunging into housecleaning for Nonnie.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson