as in soap
a substance used for cleaning a kitchen shelf loaded with household cleaners

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Recent Examples of cleaner Keep your leather furniture looking its best by using a soft cloth and a specialty leather cleaner. Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2025 As a result, the report notes, some manufacturers have gotten around this by marketing these chemicals for commercial purposes, such as air fresheners, leather cleaners and nail polisher removers. Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025 The actual target of the cuts will be a more modest sort: career civil servants who, in many cases, could have been making more money in the private sector, or security guards and office cleaners returning every evening to working-class neighborhoods in Anacostia or Prince George’s County. Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 13 Mar. 2025 The theater’s predominantly female actors and staff — including cloakroom attendants, cashiers, cleaners and cafeteria workers — spend much of their time supporting Ukrainian soldiers, weaving camouflage nets in the theater before opening the doors to audiences at night. Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cleaner

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“Cleaner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleaner. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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