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
Actually, my grandfather’s real partner was my grandmother, who milked the cows, fed the chickens and collected the eggs, then sold them, along with milk and cream and cheese, as well as vegetables from their huge garden.
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Lynne Agress, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2025
The day continues with tending the land, caring for the animals, milking the sheep and goats and preparing the food and goods from our labor.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2025
Price The cost of a milking robot can be several hundred thousand dollars, plus an additional $5,000 to $10,000 per year in operating costs.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Developers offset that long payback period by milking federal green energy tax credits, which can amount to 40% of total capital invested and can be claimed almost immediately to offset taxable income.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Lynne Agress, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2025
The day continues with tending the land, caring for the animals, milking the sheep and goats and preparing the food and goods from our labor.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2025
Price The cost of a milking robot can be several hundred thousand dollars, plus an additional $5,000 to $10,000 per year in operating costs.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Developers offset that long payback period by milking federal green energy tax credits, which can amount to 40% of total capital invested and can be claimed almost immediately to offset taxable income.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for milk
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Athit Perawongmetha | Reuters China is devising more ways for foreign institutions to use the yuan, as international confidence in the U.S. dollar falters.—
Lee Ying Shan,Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
25 June 2025
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Allies may choose to avoid acquiring U.S.-made weaponry for fear that Washington or an American company might deny them permission to use it in a crisis—just as Musk denied Ukraine the ability to use his Starlink communications network to carry out an attack on Russian forces in Crimea in 2022.—
KORI SCHAKE,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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The risk was leaving big spaces out wide that could be exploited in transition, by Juventus’ wing-backs especially.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Pratt’s conviction kept him behind bars for 27 years, and the case haunted Cochran, who believed Pratt was innocent and who had made a mistake at trial that prosecutors skillfully exploited.—
Christopher Goffard,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Federal employees widely abused the Biden administration‘s telework policies, according to an inspector general report released by the Office of Personnel Management on Friday.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2025
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In the procedural drama, Rodríguez brings to life a multi-layered and solemn character shaped by a traumatic childhood — abused within the foster care system, with no knowledge of his origins, and struggling with severe dyslexia.—
Veronica Villafañe,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Mets could deal from strength Look for the New York Mets to again leverage their pitching-rich farm system.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Google is using YouTube videos to train its AI models, CNBC reported , showing how tech giants are leveraging their own platforms to gain model-building advantages.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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Our Senate and representatives are all manipulating their own power rather than running the country.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
18 June 2025
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But the lesson of the ’74 Act is clear: Absent congressional will, lawmakers inevitably will find ways to manipulate their own rules to make deficits even worse.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Officers then arrested Townsend on suspicion of pimping.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
23 May 2025
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At the Willow Street property, officers arrested Bili Ruan, 50, of San Jose, on suspicion of pimping, Garibay said.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Milk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milk. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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