cleaner

Example Sentences

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If tariff effects are a one-time bump in inflation, the trimmed mean will give a cleaner read on where inflation is headed.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Alliance for Human Rights, a group made up primarily of business and property owners who want cleaner streets, alleged in the 2020 lawsuit that the city had failed in its duty to address homelessness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

"It's something that old Cumberland can be proud of, because we're using the waste of that old resource to transition to cleaner energy."

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

A more recent paper by Jack Mountjoy and Brent Hickman, using Texas administrative earnings records, finds the same thing with cleaner data and a more robust identification strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Our privilege smacked of evil and mystery whereas theirs came in recognizable panty hose packages and candy wrappers and vacuum cleaner bags and Kleenex boxes.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez