vacuum cleaner

NOUN

carpet sweeper

Synonyms

WEAK

Hoover vacuum sweeper

Example Sentences

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Could this year’s hottest Valentine’s Day gift be…a vacuum cleaner?

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

Thai director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s Cannes Grand Prix winner opens with a haunted vacuum cleaner.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

"We found that increasing Sox9 expression triggered astrocytes to ingest more amyloid plaques, clearing them from the brain like a vacuum cleaner," Deneen said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2025

So he removed the AC units, sealed the windows and searched for the best tool he had: a vacuum cleaner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

Inside, intersecting shadows left by a vacuum cleaner were frozen on the surface of a plush pear-colored carpet.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri