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
Cow washes up on beach amid devastating flooding This cow wasn’t milking it as one Australian woman discovered the animal washed ashore nearly 11 miles from home during unprecedented flooding.
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025
The Old English name for this full moon was Milk Moon, as May was considered the month when cows could be milked three times a day.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2025
The introduction of the first milking machines, called bucket milkers, helped farmers milk 10 cows per hour instead of 4 by the mid-1920s.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2025
After killing him, Arab raiders had stolen about a dozen cattle, including a fat milking cow.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025
The Old English name for this full moon was Milk Moon, as May was considered the month when cows could be milked three times a day.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2025
The introduction of the first milking machines, called bucket milkers, helped farmers milk 10 cows per hour instead of 4 by the mid-1920s.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2025
After killing him, Arab raiders had stolen about a dozen cattle, including a fat milking cow.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for milk
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This is when the teen uses social conflict to express frustration.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Sink the tool into the ground and use leverage to dislodge the rhizomes.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 July 2025
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His bat speed hasn’t slowed, but there will always be ways to exploit even the greatest hitters.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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Sheeraz is also adept at timing; if his foe offers a slight opening, Sheeraz can exploit it and land a powerful strike.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Overstreet received a $2,700 check from the Ocala Police Department for his nonprofit in 2022, during the same timeframe when he was accused of abusing the teen girl, records show.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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Under our nation's laws, our government has the authority to revoke your green card if our laws are broken and abused.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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Meanwhile, Trump has intensified the talks with other trading partners, leveraging threats of higher tariffs to extract concessions, with an apparent target on curbing transshipments linked to China.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
14 July 2025
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Provider tax cuts delayed The law also limits states' use of a decades-old system of taxing health providers to leverage extra federal Medicaid funding.—
Phil Galewitz,
NPR,
14 July 2025
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Even a congressional candidate has alleged that humans manipulated the weather behind the Fourth of July weekend floods in Texas, which left at least 120 people dead and more than 170 still missing.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
12 July 2025
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Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to run malicious code or access other parts of your system by manipulating memory.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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The younger brother, 31-year-old Lawrence, was arrested and charged with human trafficking of a minor and pimping on May 6, after an Oakland police investigation, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
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Chen was arrested on suspicion of operating a house of ill fame, pimping and pandering, according to police records.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
16 June 2025
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“Milk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milk. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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