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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

In 2002, iRobot achieved mass-market success with the launch of the Roomba, a robotic household vacuum, which Greiner codesigned and patented in 2002.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Pasqal’s quantum systems use neutral atom technology, in which individual atoms are trapped and manipulated in a vacuum by laser beams.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Even if you get the banana to float in a perfect vacuum in the center of the box, you can’t stop the wiggling entirely, because dancing particles give off light.

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




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