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Rising conservative activists disdained this approach as both milquetoast and politically ineffective.
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Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made By History, TIME, 10 June 2024
Likely because of the milquetoast international response to Russia’s 2008 invasion of Georgia and 2014 annexation of Crimea, Putin did not anticipate the depth of Western intelligence sharing with Kyiv or the flood of munitions into Ukraine, either.
—Keith L. Carter, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
Pairing him with milquetoast Jacob isn’t a compelling C-story either.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 3 May 2024
His remarks on Sunday were not those of a milquetoast.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024
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Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made By History, TIME, 10 June 2024
Likely because of the milquetoast international response to Russia’s 2008 invasion of Georgia and 2014 annexation of Crimea, Putin did not anticipate the depth of Western intelligence sharing with Kyiv or the flood of munitions into Ukraine, either.
—Keith L. Carter, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
Pairing him with milquetoast Jacob isn’t a compelling C-story either.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 3 May 2024
His remarks on Sunday were not those of a milquetoast.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for milquetoast
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He will be called a fascist and a coward and a dilettante.The Editors, National Review, 31 Oct. 2024
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Two baseballs flew down toward the San Diego Padres’ Jurickson Profar from the left-field corner stands, the gutless moves of two cowards.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
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Of the two sisters in the yellow house, Paula is a much gentler girl, a wuss, a baby, the biggest chicken—that’s how her sister thinks of her—and Rhonda is the boss.Alex Mar, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2023
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Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain.New York Times, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022
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At the film’s Cipriani afterparty, the New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan compared the Babygirl effect to what Challengers did for Josh O’Connor, who’d previously played nice guys and nebbishes.Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
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Is the algorithm going to make the out-of-shape nebbish standup an endangered species?Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
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That is because cats see guinea pigs as big hairy mice, which is their favorite prey.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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When the product line was first introduced in 2008, it was marketed as a computer for people switching from Microsoft Windows who could simply plug their existing keyboard, mouse and monitor into their new silver box.Kif Leswing, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Milquetoast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milquetoast. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
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