housecleaning
Example Sentences
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While preparing for the country’s planned celebration of its 250th birthday, Trump decided to do a little housecleaning and update the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, vowing to make it better than ever.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
This wasn’t a major housecleaning but more like a culling of online subscriptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
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
The initiative comes after a period of financial housecleaning for the basilica, after Pope Francis put it under a special commissioner in 2020 to investigate its finances and update the statutes of its governing administration.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
The others never asked him to help with the housecleaning and once Hazel washed four pairs of Eddie’s socks.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
