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Recent Examples of cleanness
In Experiment City, scientific progress and a collective ethos have had counterintuitive social consequences: Citizens occupy uniform studio apartments, becoming increasingly insular and fastidious about the cleanness of their bodies.
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Madeleine Feeny, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The home support, angry at referee Rob Jones throughout, could barely muster an appeal for a penalty given the cleanness of the challenge.
—Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
The reasons include not just gas's relative abundance and cheapness, its cleanness, and its low carbon content compared with coal, but also its flexibility, as a recent Worldwatch report observes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2010
Copland’s music has a cleanness, a belief that all the parts must function.
—Jane Levere, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
With her brand new red locks separated in a half-up half-down style, Fox brilliantly combines the chaos of a messy bun with the cleanness of parted face-framing strands.
—Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
Our special boosters powerfully break through any type of stain or odor, giving you an all-natural cleanness that leaves your clothes looking and smelling great.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
The sparseness of the production design and cleanness of the editing permit Adkins and Long’s full-tilt gracefulness to be the scene’s primary focus.
—Vulture, 7 Mar. 2023
His style prized cleanness, and secure but never imperious beauty.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Mar. 2022
Madeleine Feeny, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The home support, angry at referee Rob Jones throughout, could barely muster an appeal for a penalty given the cleanness of the challenge.
—Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
The reasons include not just gas's relative abundance and cheapness, its cleanness, and its low carbon content compared with coal, but also its flexibility, as a recent Worldwatch report observes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2010
Copland’s music has a cleanness, a belief that all the parts must function.
—Jane Levere, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
With her brand new red locks separated in a half-up half-down style, Fox brilliantly combines the chaos of a messy bun with the cleanness of parted face-framing strands.
—Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
Our special boosters powerfully break through any type of stain or odor, giving you an all-natural cleanness that leaves your clothes looking and smelling great.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
The sparseness of the production design and cleanness of the editing permit Adkins and Long’s full-tilt gracefulness to be the scene’s primary focus.
—Vulture, 7 Mar. 2023
His style prized cleanness, and secure but never imperious beauty.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleanness
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That includes several Blue Flag beaches, an organization that finds and awards coastal stretches for their sustainability and cleanliness, like Ai Helis Beach, Ammes Beach, Aragia Beach, and Makris Gialos Beach.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
18 July 2025
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Shop cleanliness and air quality, which are often ignored in tool design, are front and center with their GYRO AIR dust collection system.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
17 July 2025
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The Jonas Brothers rose to fame as teenagers, and many people were fascinated with the band’s decision to wear purity rings.—
Katherine Schaffstall,
HollywoodReporter,
25 July 2025
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As a result, even the documentary’s most straightforward moments are steeped in the purity of creation for its own sake.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Another day, another assault on decency, democracy, and the true American way.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 July 2025
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In his thorough contempt for every trace of human decency, Hoult rivals the most upsetting versions of the Joker, implacably evil men who tap into prehistoric fears of the predator in the bushes.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
16 July 2025
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Candor Formal boards are bound by duty and propriety, while informal advisory boards have no set duties.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Questions of spectacle and propriety circled the Mütter even then, but Worden’s ample charisma, her confidence in the validity of her own fascination, seemed largely able to keep them at bay.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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“Cleanness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleanness. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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