vacuum
noun
a space entirely devoid of matter.
have vacuumed
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present perfectof vacuum.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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There is consensus in the AI world that the model builders have vacuumed in almost all possible data that one can find accessible online.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
A Budget employee could have vacuumed them away during the cleaning.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2024
So far, he said, crews have vacuumed up about 90% of the fluid that had pooled in the dry creek bed that cuts across the 485-acre oil field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2019
Part of the problem, activists say, is that national groups like FreedomWorks have vacuumed up money and publicity as local groups wither.
From Time ● Dec. 7, 2012
Before they emerge from the spacecraft in the Pacific, the crew will have vacuumed the interior, collecting the swept-up material in canisters containing a chemical absorbent.
From Time Magazine Archive
