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Recent Examples of cleanliness
After all, the cleanliness of the outside areas is the deck crew’s responsibility, and coming up with a checklist for what needs to be done after every meal service is Wihan’s job.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
There's a cost associated with cleanliness and making sure the cows are healthy.
—Peter Burke, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025
That is not about cleanliness; that is about respect, or in this case, a lack of it.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
An entire division of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that oversees the cleanliness of cruise ships was apparently let go, as were staff managing the CDC’s Freedom of Information Act requests.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
There's a cost associated with cleanliness and making sure the cows are healthy.
—Peter Burke, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025
That is not about cleanliness; that is about respect, or in this case, a lack of it.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
An entire division of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that oversees the cleanliness of cruise ships was apparently let go, as were staff managing the CDC’s Freedom of Information Act requests.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cleanliness
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“Cleanliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleanliness. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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