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vacuum

[vak-yoom, -yoo-uhm, -yuhm] / ˈvæk jum, -ju əm, -jəm /


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For example, nine vacuum cleaners costing just under £4,000 bought in the space of four years.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Others have been listed for sale or have cut back on labor, renovating and adding machinery to soap and scrub as well as self-serve vacuum stations.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been circumspect about Musk’s ambitions to put data centers in space, noting the problem of cooling infrastructure in a vacuum when asked in a recent interview.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

“If we start losing our wildlife, that’s a vacuum on my little community, my county,” said John Paul Schuster, a Kinney County judge and rancher with his wife, Donna Schuster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

When I finished, I wound the cord and placed the vacuum in the storage room.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez




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