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as in white
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as in opaque
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Recent Examples of milky
This milky, naturally floral-scented serum replenishes all the moisture your skin loses to your environment.
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Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 14 Oct. 2024
Scented almond oil and giving you a warm vanilla scent, this cleansing and softening oil starts with as oil and gets worked into a milky lather.
—Kirsten Chanel Webber, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
Her creation is a milky lychee, apricot and rose cloud.
—Bea McMonagle, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The host taught our group how to louche it with water, which adds a softer, milky property to it.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2024
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Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 14 Oct. 2024
Scented almond oil and giving you a warm vanilla scent, this cleansing and softening oil starts with as oil and gets worked into a milky lather.
—Kirsten Chanel Webber, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
Her creation is a milky lychee, apricot and rose cloud.
—Bea McMonagle, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The host taught our group how to louche it with water, which adds a softer, milky property to it.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for milky
Adjective
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More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
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Black people make up about 14% of the U.S. population but are three times more likely to face hunger than white people, according to the Agriculture Department.—
Maya Eaglin,
NBC News,
11 Feb. 2023
Adjective
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When those variables are determined by the president, the debates that inform them are opaque and the law is liable to change radically from day to day.—
The Editors,
National Review,
8 Apr. 2025
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Coffee grounds being opaque – and a fluid mechanics lab being a fluid mechanics lab – the effort quickly ramped up.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Snacks and Beverages Frosty Moon - Tucked away among the greenery of Celestial Park is the Frosty Moon ice cream stand, featuring a fuchsia ice cream cone ringed with gold orbits atop the kiosk, hinting at the snowy treats inside.—
Samantha Neely,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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Between 2020 and 2022, California recorded its driest three-year period—a trend reversed by a wave of wet and snowy weather in the state since 2023.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The touch screen was desensitized with a filmy layer of grease, the cumulative tapping of many dirty hands.—
Anelise Chen,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2025
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The soap combines with the minerals in the water to leave a filmy residue on your hands.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Dacus stripped down the shiny pop stunner, supplying her buttery, smoky vocals to a ghostly tempo.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
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Bitter white pepper and smoky leather accords provide an even edgier twist.—
Venus Wong,
Refinery29,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Black carbon is a dark, sooty byproduct of burning fossil fuels.—
Jillian Mock,
Discover Magazine,
17 Sep. 2019
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By the closer — a grim, sooty final reckoning with the events of June 13 — the colourful escapism of the Uphaar’s Bollywood posters suddenly looks half a world away.—
Mike McCahill,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Sandy steered us down slimy steps to his secret mudlarking spots.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
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Green tea also blocks E. coli from forming a biofilm, which is a slimy, protective shield that bacteria create to stick together and resist treatment.8 Green tea may also help certain antibiotics, like amoxicillin and ciprofloxacin, work better.—
Devineé Lingo, M.S.,
Health,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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On the engineering side, the plan is to design a better speaker, targeting the ideal frequency response for a turbid ecosystem, and doing so in a way that drives down the cost.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 Nov. 2024
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Grass carp make the water more turbid; stiltgrass and common reed can block sight lines and reduce property values; and sea lamprey are a shocking sight when they are attached to sport fish.—
Caitlin Looby,
Journal Sentinel,
12 Sep. 2024
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“Milky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milky. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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