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Cleaned

Cleaned is the past tense and past participle of the verb clean. It indicates that dirt, moisture, or other unwanted substances have been removed from an object, surface, or system. As an adjective, it can describe the state of something after cleaning, as in "a cleaned room" or "cleaned data." The term derives from Old English clǣnan and is formed by adding the regular -ed suffix to the verb.

Common usages include everyday actions ("We cleaned the kitchen yesterday"), data processing ("cleaned data" after deduplication

and
error
correction),
and
decontamination
in
scientific,
medical,
and
food-safety
contexts
("cleaned
surfaces"
met
sanitization
standards).
In
each
case,
cleaned
signals
that
a
cleansing
or
purification
step
has
been
completed
and
the
item
is
now
free
of
the
targeted
impurities.