vacuums

verb

present tense third-person singular of vacuum
as in brushes
to use a vacuum cleaner on (something) in order to remove dirt I vacuumed the living room.

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Recent Examples of vacuums These monstrous masses are themselves dark, but their formidable gravity violently vacuums up gas and other nearby matter, generating rings of hot, swirling detritus that completely outshine the stars around them. — Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026 Undersides of Furniture While virtually everyone vacuums around and under furniture, the underside rarely gets tended to. — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 27 July 2026 Robot vacuums One of Shark’s robot vacuums that has a HEPA filter is the Shark PowerDetect Self-Empty Robot Vacuum. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026 The structure floods the retina with sugar to fuel its anaerobic engine and rapidly vacuums out lactate waste, preventing the build-up of toxic byproducts in the bloodless eye. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Jan. 2026 Liposuction entails surgically inserting a probe that vacuums out not only body fat, but also fat storage cells. — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacuums
  1. brushes
  2. cleans
  3. sweeps
  4. scrubs
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  • After changing into his stage costume, V brushes his teeth and catches RM doing elaborate frog-pose stretches to limber up for the high-energy performance.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026
  • There is humiliation here, claustrophobia, physical vulnerability and an intimacy that occasionally brushes against the erotic.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
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  • That same dock features Vortex Wash, which automatically cleans the robot’s dirty wiping pads in about a minute.
    — Matthew Huff, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • And still, that is just unplugging as tourism, not unlike visiting a spa with a raw-vegan menu and daily yoga classes or attending a writers retreat that brings you breakfast in a basket every morning and someone who cleans your room.
    — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 12 Oct. 2026
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  • If neither team sweeps the series, up to three additional games will be played.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Like Dillane’s Willoughby, wily and louche, who quite literally sweeps Marianne off her injured foot and into a giggly, schoolyard kind of chaotic sudden romance.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
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  • The Cece Hand Wash effectively scrubs away dead skin cells, dirt, and grime with a clean, hydrating, antioxidant-rich formula featuring rosella extract and argan oil.
    — Irene Richardson, InStyle, 16 June 2026
  • Prime lips for a perfectly smooth, even application using the 3-in-1 Lip Scrub pen, which gently scrubs away dead skin with super-fine sugar granules and keeps lips hydrated with nourishing shea butter and algae.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 May 2026
Definition of scrubs

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“Vacuums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacuums. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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