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
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.
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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
Boys would milk and feed the goats and cows, and the girls helped prepare meals and washed dishes and clothes with well water.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Except the Lakers surprisingly didn’t milk it, and actually enabled it when relatively few people were watching.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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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
Boys would milk and feed the goats and cows, and the girls helped prepare meals and washed dishes and clothes with well water.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Except the Lakers surprisingly didn’t milk it, and actually enabled it when relatively few people were watching.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for milk
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Berry was 14 when a classmate used an AI app to attach a nude body to an Instagram photo of her face, before circulating it on social media.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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Educators will have canoes and kayaks, paddles and life jackets to use and will offer instruction.—
Flip Putthoff,
Arkansas Online,
20 May 2025
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Our own threat research labs (CTRL) revealed five trends defining how bad actors will further exploit AI to advance their malicious intentions.—
Etay Maor,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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But their glaring weakness is in goal, and few teams are better equipped to exploit Skinner’s shakiness than Dallas, which sends line after line of scorers over the boards.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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For one, the Fed is unconstrained in its printing of dollars and is therefore more likely to abuse that power in its attempt to stabilize the US economy.—
Korok Ray,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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There are players who abused steroids, served their penalty and are now back in the game.—
John Nogowski,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2025
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For decades, the company has flourished by leveraging its dominance in insurance and growth in the Medicare market, the U.S. government program that covers medical costs for the elderly.—
Sneha S.K,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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In addition to workspace, many incubators offer mentoring, educational programs, coaching, and introductions to investors, industry executives and other tech ecosystem resources. Carving out time to leverage these offerings can be a potential game changer for founders.—
Karen Cashion,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Life-changing events, including the loss of a spouse, early onset dementia or another medical issue, can trigger changes in the way someone would react to anyone who is experienced at manipulating people to part with their money.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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The price that millions of Americans covered by private insurance pay for drugs is even harder for the agency to manipulate.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 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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Another one let her cocaine-dealing thug son use her car before the kid went to federal prison for pimping.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Milk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milk. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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