as in to use
to take unfair advantage of
unscrupulous people trying to milk the welfare system for all it's worth
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Recent Examples of milk
Some events - like the Asia Cup and now this resurrected Champions Trophy - essentially solely exist for the purpose of milking the money-spinning contest that generates a windfall.
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Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Instead, she’ll be forced into a stall and milked relentlessly for cheese.
—Michael Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Sabrina Carpenter is milking her 15 minutes of fame, and for a good reason.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 14 Feb. 2025
Will milk testing and reporting now require fields for both versions of the virus?
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2025
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Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Instead, she’ll be forced into a stall and milked relentlessly for cheese.
—Michael Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Sabrina Carpenter is milking her 15 minutes of fame, and for a good reason.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 14 Feb. 2025
Will milk testing and reporting now require fields for both versions of the virus?
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for milk
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Booker, who appeared to have nothing more than two glasses of water and notes on his lectern, skillfully used the rules to his advantage, permitting colleagues to ask questions to give himself brief moments of rest while still maintaining control of the floor.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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Those methods typically used by scalpers and bots, included purchasing more than four tickets per household, per show, and using multiple identities to buy up tickets.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
1 Apr. 2025
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If that weren’t enough, bad-faith actors exploit these dynamics, distorting reality for part of the population and deepening political divides.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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Infectious diseases, by nature, exploit individualism; their version of liberty is to find the unprotected, and spread more freely.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
21 Mar. 2025
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Authorities subsequently found that the boy and Ruby's 10-year-old daughter had been seriously abused.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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In May 2023, Attorney General Kwame Raoul published a 696-page report, which found that over about seven decades, at least 1,997 children have been abused by 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers across the state’s dioceses.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2025
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This data point suggests that farmers are still leveraging capital but are focusing more on operational costs versus land expansion.—
Artem Milinchuk,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Prime Minister’s address is expected to outline India’s roadmap for leveraging creative industries as key economic growth drivers.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Cybercriminals can trick authentication systems, approve fraudulent transactions or even manipulate corporate communications.—
Khurram Akhtar,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Some billions of years later, some of that multicellular life figured out how to be reasonably smart and start using tools to manipulate and control its environment.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 Mar. 2025
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The deal dropped additional charges of pimping, money laundering and violating a protection order from his case.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
20 Mar. 2025
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Of the five, Walton has been accused of involvement in pimping before.—
Nate Gartrell,
The Mercury News,
30 July 2024
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“Milk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milk. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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