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
But even with Mizzou being able to do what it’s been doing — manhandling the trenches and milking the clock — the results were somewhat spoiled.
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Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025
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.
—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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By exploiting quantum states that resist thermalization, their new approach converts waste heat into electricity more effectively than conventional methods, surpassing traditional thermodynamic limits.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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Programs like the Black Beauty AI Challenge show there is a path forward where AI works with culture instead of exploiting it.—
Donnetta Monk,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
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Due to its stellar activity, the galaxy has become a favorite for astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Los Angeles alone sources beef from 10 counties, and those beef suppliers rely on livestock from 469 counties, which are fed using crops grown in 828 counties.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
20 Oct. 2025
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He was hit with a massive $50,000 fine for verbally abusing officials back in 2023, and he was slapped with a $14,000 fine for a violent gesture during a game against the Buffalo Bills last season.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Trump was accused in that trial of abusing power by withholding aid to Ukraine to pressure its government to investigate then-former Vice President Joe Biden and his son.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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While both rely on observations made with the Hubble space telescope, as well as both leveraging type Ia supernovae, these two puzzles are very distinct from one another.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Oct. 2025
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Ellis is meant to help brands and retailers scenario plan, leveraging predictive analytics and natural language processing (NLP) to provide real-time insights that can shorten the decisioning process.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
17 Oct. 2025
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There is immense interest in manipulating these phase transformations and retaining superior electro-optic properties down to liquid helium temperature, according to the study published in Advanced Materials.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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Basically, this discovery could inform future therapeutic strategies aimed at manipulating the gut microbiome for human health.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Milking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milking. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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