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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Almost every park in the area has a friends association in charge of gardening and cleanup.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
If successful, such systems could transform emergency oil spill response by converting ordinary fires into highly efficient cleanup tools.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
The Orange County Healthcare Agency said it would provide updates on the cleanup on its website at ochealthinfo.com.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Since city capybaras are there to stay, Ibama recommends fences, river cleanup, and “the incorporation of wildlife into urban planning.”
From Slate • May 27, 2026
In Iitate, the town with the highest levels of contamination, the cleanup cost came to about $1.8 million per household—and that didn’t include the surrounding forests, which were impossible to clean.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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