cleaner

Example Sentences

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He compares the interaction to cleaner fish in the ocean that remove parasites and dead skin from larger fish, sometimes even from predators.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

"This new ant species is the insect equivalent of cleaner fish in the ocean," Moffett said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

Her mum Linda was a cleaner and her dad Peter was a plumber.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The names roll past like pressed shirts at a dry cleaner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Not only had something distracted it from dinner, but now that something was nestled in its fur, along with the cleaner slugs.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer