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housecleaning

[hous-klee-ning] / ˈhaʊsˌkli nɪŋ /


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"You could do a bit of housecleaning for a change," Allun teased.

From Literature

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

From The Wall Street Journal

Bowman has slashed staff and pursued what many inside and outside the central bank view as a housecleaning of the supervision and regulation division’s senior leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Irregular labor like yard work or housecleaning is their only way of making a living.

From Seattle Times