cleanup
Americannoun
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the act or process of cleaning up.
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Slang. a very large profit.
The company made a real cleanup on their new invention.
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Baseball.
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the fourth position in the batting order.
Our best home-run hitter is batting cleanup.
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the player who bats in this position.
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Etymology
Origin of cleanup
1865–70, noun use of verb phrase clean up
Example Sentences
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“Even after the conflict ends, there’s a messy cleanup that is going to take a couple of months before things ‘normalize.’
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
When the U.S. abandoned its bases in Greenland, it left the cleanup to Denmark despite the treaty obliging Washington to do it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Nagano is one of the organizers of Little Tokyo Sparkle, an annual neighborhood cleanup scheduled for May 17 this year.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
They were having to do more cleanup than they once had.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
“I am to need a cleanup on aisle nine, please.”
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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