self-cleaning
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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He said creating Regen - his self-cleaning, reusable product - was "challenging" and was the result of four years of work in a laboratory.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025
The product arrived at the height of America’s convenience craze: microwaves, coffee makers and self-cleaning ovens were transforming kitchens.
From Salon • Jul. 5, 2025
In practice, however, this is of little use -- after all, it would be tedious to repeatedly irradiate the wall with intense UV light in order to drive the self-cleaning process.
From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024
Back in 2004, Seattle spent $5 million on self-cleaning public toilets.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2023
She’d only agreed to a cat because she’d said they were self-cleaning, like an oven.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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