cleaning agent
Example Sentences
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If your cleaner uses a PCE cleaning agent, air out your clothes somewhere like the garage for a day before bringing them home to avoid breathing in the chemicals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Based on the new scientific findings, the team recommends that orange juice processing companies should no longer use peracetic acid as a cleaning agent.
From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2024
Since the stone is porous, it tends to hold onto water and any kind of cleaning agent, and similar to glass, it requires cool-down periods after use to avoid temperature shock and cracking.
From Salon • Mar. 3, 2022
Dawn dish soap is a powerful cleaning agent for your dishes — even birds contaminated after an oil spill.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2021
The visitor can call attention to the value of whitewash as a cleaning agent, and if once taught to do it, the children take pleasure in putting it on.
From Friendly Visiting among the Poor A Handbook for Charity Workers by Richmond, Mary Ellen