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vacuum

[vak-yoom, -yoo-uhm, -yuhm] / ˈvæk yum, -yu əm, -yəm /


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During his sales pitch, Reed would first clean a homeowner’s carpet with their vacuum and then demonstrate how to clean using a Rainbow.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

It's just when you lead for so long and don't win it, there's a lonely void, an 'it should have been us' vacuum of sorrow.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

I took my iPhone and our decrepit vacuum into my workshop after supper, googled “Kenmore Progressive vacuum noisy” and found what I wanted—a YouTube video showing how to replace the motor bearings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

But he said his perspective on life remains rooted: "We live on a fragile planet in the vacuum and the void of space."

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

A black hole is a zero in the equations of general relativity; the energy of the vacuum is a zero in the mathematics of quantum theory.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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