the cleaners
plural noun
variants
or the cleaner's
: a shop where clothes are cleaned : a dry cleaning establishment
I took my suit to the cleaners.
Examples of the cleaners in a Sentence
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Among the Pennsylvanians in this group are the cleaners, security officers, and food-service workers who gathered one morning at the headquarters of Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ, in Philadelphia.
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Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Bissell, a vacuum company, said customers should stop using the cleaners and contact them to receive either a $60 credit or a $40 refund.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 18 July 2024
Advertisement A little before 3 p.m., Lopez is back at the cleaners.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
For the cleaners, all of that detail leaves us no space to move or breathe.
—Nicholas Dames, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024
But Garrett Gatewood, a sales associate at a nearby 7-Eleven store, called the cleaners’ presence a nuanced issue.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2024
The pilot had asked that the area be sanitized, but the cleaners overlooked the floor.
—Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
So no one could clean it... and the cleaners don't come.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
Boosters and companies are invariably going to get taken to the cleaners on bad deals for recruits who don’t pan out.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
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Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Bissell, a vacuum company, said customers should stop using the cleaners and contact them to receive either a $60 credit or a $40 refund.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 18 July 2024
Advertisement A little before 3 p.m., Lopez is back at the cleaners.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
For the cleaners, all of that detail leaves us no space to move or breathe.
—Nicholas Dames, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024
But Garrett Gatewood, a sales associate at a nearby 7-Eleven store, called the cleaners’ presence a nuanced issue.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2024
The pilot had asked that the area be sanitized, but the cleaners overlooked the floor.
—Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
So no one could clean it... and the cleaners don't come.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
Boosters and companies are invariably going to get taken to the cleaners on bad deals for recruits who don’t pan out.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
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“The cleaners.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20cleaners. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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