milking

present participle of milk

Example Sentences

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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. 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
Verb
  • Republicans, who control the chamber by a narrow margin, insist Democrats are exploiting the deadline to force unrelated concessions.
    Nik Popli, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The company’s release notes doesn’t mention any hackers exploiting the flaw.
    Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Double-big lineup shaky early on A major part of the intrigue surrounding Şengün’s potential development this season is Houston’s affinity for using him in double-big lineups next to Steven Adams or Capela.
    William Guillory, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • This will only work on accounts using an email included in the initial 2021 data breach.
    James Peckham, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Last year, Cindy Clemishire, 55, accused Morris of abusing her at the age of 12.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Cardi responded in kind, speculating whether or not Minaj was abusing substances, and insinuating that Minaj’s substance use has affected her children’s health.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To be sure, more recently Rizza introduced jersey pieces as well as knitwear, leveraging the expertise of backer Olma and Mirta, which is best known for being a longtime business partner of Rick Owens.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Steve Madden is one of the companies leveraging Buy With Prime.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With the technology becoming increasingly adept at creating convincing crowd scenes, manipulating visuals has never been easier.
    Chloe Veltman, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Julie asked Jimmy Heagerty about where things stood with Mickey Lee, and Jimmy said Morgan did a great job manipulating Mickey into sending him home.
    David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Milking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milking. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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