clean
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The picture is not one of clean lineages but of a tangled web of contact and exchange extending across millions of years.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
"As Turkey increases renewable capacity, it must ensure clean electricity replaces fossil-fuel generation rather than simply meeting additional demand," Kutluay said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Greenpeace UK called the bill a "positive step forward for the clean energy transition".
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
This is a complicated measure that involves jail financing and seeks to clean up some bureaucratic muddles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
My excuses to Jeff were pretty lame, too: I had to clean my room, move some plants, rake my grandparents’ yard … After a while, he stopped asking and did more things with Rich instead.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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Deodorant, refrigeration, sewers, garbage collection and synthetic fragrances have made the environment cleaner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Moving forward, he said it was important that any further investment "delivers cleaner waters, healthier habitats and stronger public confidence".
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Lula "has been on the side of the poor," said cleaner Damiao da Silva.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
Announcing the fund at the Scale Up Bradford event on Tuesday, Place said it would help businesses invest in cleaner, more efficient technology to "future proof their operations for years to come".
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The man who runs the dry cleaner next to the salon stands in stark opposition.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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They also argued that trade union funding is the "cleanest money in politics" which is "heavily regulated".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Hyperscalers had attracted much of that buying, while the supply chain remained one of the cleanest expressions of the belief that the AI capex machine would keep running at full throttle," he added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
The cleanest way to own the shortage is also the most direct way to own the licensing risk.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Korea remains one of the cleanest gauges of AI hardware risk appetite, and the signal is clear: AI dip buyers are still here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The extra soldiers were not the cleanest sort, or maybe they were too busy drilling and making gunpowder cartridges to wash.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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On Aug. 6, he had been at his job with 2nd Call, which resolves gang conflicts and cleans up neighborhoods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
In the coastal Gambian town of Tanji, Sirah Darboe-Manneh cleans fish next to a row of ice boxes laying empty because of relentless power cuts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
"Moving the jaw muscles activates the big salivary glands. It cleans the mouth, it protects the teeth and it's vital for digestion."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Volunteer Mitchel Reising cleans a pen occupied by elephant seals 3.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
She cleans up the accidents Ms. Louise sometimes has when she can’t make it to the bathroom.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
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More worker flexibility, including creature comforts such as heated and cooled bathrooms with running water on worksites, or regularly cleaned breakrooms, are part of the pitch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
But like the Slip, when the tide recedes and the bar is cleaned and dried, business continues as usual.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The lawmaker, elected in 2019, grew up in a modest family in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, where his mother cleaned homes and his father collected bus fares for a living.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
She cooked, cleaned, cared for her family and appeared to have discovered several additional hours in the day in which to accomplish it all.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
He cleaned it, polished it, and fixed it up as best he could.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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Fouling typically reduces filtration performance and requires cleaning or replacement.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
But basically, my daily life is going to Gelson’s, going hiking, cleaning my house and being very happy with that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
The maker of cleaning products and other household goods on Monday said it now expects full-year adjusted earnings per share at the lower end of its guidance range of $5.70 to $6.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Rubble from the demolition blast was strewn around the house, and other relatives could be seen cleaning up the spaces that were still habitable.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Garth had done the cleaning and left the lid off my treats box.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
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