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cleaner

[klee-ner] / ˈkli nər /
NOUN
detergent
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It added: "Our strengthened Water Bill will deliver cleaner waters, stronger accountability and will create a powerful new regulator to hold companies to account."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Computation will be cleaner, more useful and more energy-efficient.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

"Worsened fiscal positions delay the retirement or decarbonisation of coal plants, and there is less financial support for cleaner infrastructure such as solar and wind," she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Producing hydrogen by splitting water with a catalyst can be cleaner than the dominant industrial method, which relies on natural gas.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

“We need a cleaner, and he already knows the job. Maybe there was a misunderstanding. ”

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

Khan also said there had been rats at the venue for a long time and that cleaners were told to check daily for rat droppings.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Research led by Brandon Boor at Purdue University found that fragrance compounds released by both conventional cleaners and botanical essential oil-based products can rapidly react indoors and generate nanoparticles.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

“It is so common to have house cleaners, housekeepers ... but why isn’t there someone that you can rely on as a second set of hands to do anything you would do for your family?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Inventor James Dyson is known for revolutionizing vacuum cleaners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Dogs barked in the distance, and the rumblings of the street cleaners pierced the quiet of the night.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick




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