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Recent Examples of cleanness
Diego Schwartzman, one of South America’s preeminent male players of the past two decades, remembers warming up with a 15-year-old Fonseca ahead of the Rio de Janeiro Open final against Alcaraz in 2022, and being struck by both the cleanness of the youngster’s strike and its inaccuracy.
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Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
The home support, angry at referee Rob Jones throughout, could barely muster an appeal for a penalty given the cleanness of the challenge.
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Matt Woosnam,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
Copland’s music has a cleanness, a belief that all the parts must function.
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Jane Levere,
Forbes,
12 Dec. 2024
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.
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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.
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Vulture,
7 Mar. 2023
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.
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IEEE Spectrum,
15 Dec. 2010
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
The home support, angry at referee Rob Jones throughout, could barely muster an appeal for a penalty given the cleanness of the challenge.
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Matt Woosnam,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
Copland’s music has a cleanness, a belief that all the parts must function.
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Jane Levere,
Forbes,
12 Dec. 2024
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.
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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
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.
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IEEE Spectrum,
15 Dec. 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleanness
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Fortunately, a few simple changes can help preserve your mattress’s comfort, cleanliness, and support for years to come.
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Russia is making sure that cleanliness runs directly through Moscow.
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Law enforcement later searched two locations in connection with the investigation into Hidrogo including a storage facility in Fort Worth where officers found 244 kilograms of meth with a purity level of 100 percent and more firearms.
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In Christianity, doves are associated with the Holy Spirit and symbolize purity and faith.
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For the same reason, Twain would have scant patience with the political correctness that reigns in much of the media world today.
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These systems—such as Isabelle, Lean, and Rocq—are specialized programming languages that check mathematical proofs step-by-step, verifying their logical correctness.
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And yet as cynical and beaten-down as the film’s viewpoint can often be, there is still a spark of decency and perseverance.
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This is not simply a matter of policy, but of basic human decency.
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If the Sun is high in the lunar sky during the flyby, there will be few shadows, and the crew will be looking for subtle variations in surface color and rightness.
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This sense of rightness — imperfect, but clarifying — is what gout offers as diagnosis.
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At first glance, the three-part tonneau case sits with conservative propriety on the wrist.
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The second agreement precludes the Justice Department or any other federal agency from investigating the propriety of that funding.
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This series is to encourage [and] inspire hip hop and remind us all [of] the pureness of hip hop.
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The lush and magical pureness requires a sort of kinship with travelers—and awareness of impact can help to preserve this.
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“Cleanness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleanness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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