Thesaurus results for MILKED

milked

verb

past tense of milk

as in exploited

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 milked If so, why did the club get milked for nigh-on £10million to buy Jaissle out of his Al Ahli contract? — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 In a slower season, something like Luke’s departure would have been milked for at least a whole episode, if not more. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 28 July 2026 The walls had a nominal utility as fences for the dairy herd that was milked in the great white cow barn, but this was only ever a Gilded Age fantasy of the rustic idyll. — Matt Seaton, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026 But elsewhere, the film’s sporadic, accidental humor comes to its rescue — a scene involving a cow that clearly doesn’t want to be milked especially comes to mind. — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 20 May 2026 Growing up on a farm in Wabasha, Minnesota, one of 18 children, Bea milked cows and attended a one-room schoolhouse during the great depression. — Irene Gonzalez, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026 Monster has, itself, been the target of criticism from people like the Menendezes and the families of Dahmer’s victims, who feel their traumas have been milked for sensation rather than sublimated into high art. — Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025 That’s when cows need to be milked next; if no one’s there, a cow could start to leak milk, to develop an infection. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025 Host Jimmy Kimmel milked the moment, delaying confirming that their answer was correct for a very tense minute. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025

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Verb

The doc would soon be marred with legal issues as Williams’ guardian argued the network exploited Williams.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026
Criminal groups have exploited the core financial and commercial infrastructure that developed in response to China’s strict capital controls and its industrial overcapacity.

— Alvin Camba, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of exploited

Verb

The technology, used in all Metro Nashville Public Schools, didn’t spot the weapon because the shooter wasn’t close enough to cameras for the system to get an accurate read and activate the alarm, the district said.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
The Fever used a 13-2 run to open a 71-60 lead in the third quarter.

— Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of used

Verb

Jarrett, the elder brother, was eventually taken in by a man who later abused him, a victimizer who then set his sights on Baylon.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2026
Market power can be abused, and a transaction involving companies this significant deserves careful regulatory scrutiny.

— Cory Jacobson, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of abused

Verb

Over the last four years, the Clark County Coroner’s Office, with the assistance of police and the FBI, has leveraged several types of technology trying to crack the cold case.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
At that time, the German Green Party leveraged a power-sharing arrangement to demand subsidies for rooftop solar, says climate writer and environmentalist Bill McKibben.

— Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of leveraged

Verb

This study proves that ion storage order can be precisely manipulated through molecular-level engineering.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Now imagine that same agent, compromised or manipulated, querying every past-due invoice armed with full client details.

— Morey Haber, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026