cleanly

Example Sentences

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Index funds should enable investors to capture that return cleanly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Each slice cuts cleanly, like something that has been thought through.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

Keller then won it, taking a long Taylor Heise pass on the left wing, racing into the Canadian zone, stickhandling around defender Claire Thompson before beating goalie Desbiens cleanly.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Fear tripped on the second element of their free-dance routine, and despite skating cleanly for the remainder it proved too much of an obstacle to overcome.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

On the next stroke, all eight of the Washington oars caught the water cleanly, perfectly, at once.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown