as in exploiting
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 milking
Most teams walked the ball upcourt on almost every possession and rarely, if ever, looked to create pace while milking the shot clock and playing slowdown basketball.
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Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
The Painters have been milking cows in Tioga County, Pennsylvania since the 1940s.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Helping a young farmer get started Forty miles north of Medford, in Catawba, Linda Ceylor has a dairy farm milking 40 cows that are also kept on pasture.
—Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Few, if any, Marylanders are illegally milking the system, and now, those that truly need help will be left behind.
—Johnny Olszewski, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2025
Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
The Painters have been milking cows in Tioga County, Pennsylvania since the 1940s.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Helping a young farmer get started Forty miles north of Medford, in Catawba, Linda Ceylor has a dairy farm milking 40 cows that are also kept on pasture.
—Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Few, if any, Marylanders are illegally milking the system, and now, those that truly need help will be left behind.
—Johnny Olszewski, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for milking
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For society, all sorts of complex questions arise if the basic science affirms the conditions necessary for exploiting the water.—
Rodrique Ngowi,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Roblox’s child safety policies have long faced criticism, and a Bloomberg investigation in 2024 found that police in the United States had arrested at least two dozen users accused of exploiting minors since 2018.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Russian media reports suggested that Putin stopped using the residence from 2024 amid intensifying Ukrainian drone attacks.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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In her latest Jo + Tiny Mic series on Instagram, the Texas native shared four of her favorite secrets to instantly elevate a room, and the principles can be perfectly applied to your fall home decor using Gaines’ very own Magnolia collection at Target.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Sep. 2025
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And when markets fail, public institutions must act to prevent dominant players from abusing their power.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
5 Sep. 2025
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Langley says Axon is a monopolist abusing its market position to choke out competition.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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By leveraging the social and financial dynamics of crypto, these ecosystems would grow virally—attracting both contributors seeking income and companies seeking scarce data.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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In 1992, leveraging its technical knowledge, the brand created the official uniforms for the Italian Show Jumping Team at the Barcelona Olympics, leading to the design of one of its signature jackets, the Horsey, in blue technical fabric with a yellow trim.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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Was Prater manipulating evidence?—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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One was based on hard-coding logical rules for categorizing inputs into symbols and then for manipulating those symbols to arrive at outputs.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Milking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milking. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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