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as in opaque
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Recent Examples of milky
Her nails, designed by celebrity manicurist Tom Bachik, followed predicted fall trends with a milky pink base and a short cut.
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
This milky, creamy formula is packed with peptides and ceramides to help reinforce the skin barrier and plump the skin.
—Esme Benjamin, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
When in contact with water, this formula lathers with ease into a milky cleanser.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2025
This shade, which launched more than 15 years ago, isn't a harsh paper-white, but rather a soft, milky shade.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
This milky, creamy formula is packed with peptides and ceramides to help reinforce the skin barrier and plump the skin.
—Esme Benjamin, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
When in contact with water, this formula lathers with ease into a milky cleanser.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2025
This shade, which launched more than 15 years ago, isn't a harsh paper-white, but rather a soft, milky shade.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for milky
Adjective
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Five of them will be white balls with numbers from 1 to 70.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Applying coconut or walnut oil can go a long way towards disguising white scratches.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Energy Intelligence Pricing remains opaque but tilted in Beijing’s favor.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Wasserman’s goopy, opaque pieces hide their subjects in plain sight—silver and gold lines across bronze horizons.—
Grace Byron,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While there are moss species in the desert and on snowy mountaintops, the warm, moist environments of the Southeastern United States are a moss playland.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
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Most tourists don't come to Abu Dhabi to put on a thick coat and stomp around a snowy landscape but theme park fans are the exception.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The main waste product of the Sims plant are bales of filmy, thin plastics, like dry cleaner bags.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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The line between triumph and tragedy is incredibly thin, and 100 Foot Wave conveys that simultaneous elation and danger with every swooping drone shot of a surfer cutting a line through a swell and every splash of filmy foam on the camera lens.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
30 May 2025
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Towering live oaks, cedars, and palmettos once grew near the shore here, but as the Atlantic’s erosive forces carved the bluffs away, the trees tumbled down and were weathered by sun and salt into pale, bleached skeletons.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
9 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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For tonight, mostly clear and smoky conditions are expected.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Related Articles Gabby Windey Gabby Windey put her own spin on the gothic beauty trend with an even base, pink-chestnut lip liner, and a light smoky eye.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Nothing is pre-washed and none of the ingredients for my recipes were pre-cut.—
Alexis Berger,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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By the closer — a grim, sooty final reckoning with the events of June 13 — the colourful escapism of the Uphaar’s Bollywood posters suddenly looks half a world away.—
Mike McCahill,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2023
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Carbon condenses into sooty dust in the rapidly whirling wind, which glows in infrared light that is invisible to the human eye.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
12 Oct. 2022
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“Milky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milky. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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