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Recent Examples of milquetoast
The upstart Slovaks, by far the story of this otherwise milquetoast tournament, will face either the United States or the winner of Wednesday’s Switzerland-Finland game in the semifinals on Friday, and are guaranteed to play in a medal game.
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Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
Tessa Thompson stars as the restless housewife who needs to secure her milquetoast husband (Tom Bateman) a promotion and has a nasty habit of playing with guns.
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Amy Nicholson,
Twin Cities,
14 Dec. 2025
Each of the game’s major areas — with milquetoast monikers like Flare Pool and Volt Forge — saddles the player with a new Federation members who’s been trapped on Viewros.
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Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
2 Dec. 2025
At other times, confusing or milquetoast themes have made the event feel out of touch.
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Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
17 Nov. 2025
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Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
Tessa Thompson stars as the restless housewife who needs to secure her milquetoast husband (Tom Bateman) a promotion and has a nasty habit of playing with guns.
—
Amy Nicholson,
Twin Cities,
14 Dec. 2025
Each of the game’s major areas — with milquetoast monikers like Flare Pool and Volt Forge — saddles the player with a new Federation members who’s been trapped on Viewros.
—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
2 Dec. 2025
At other times, confusing or milquetoast themes have made the event feel out of touch.
—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
17 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for milquetoast
Noun
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That’s the sign of a true coward.
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Fishback showed up at a Donalds campaign event in Lake City on Saturday with a bunch of supporters, shouting through a bullhorn that Donalds was a coward for not debating him and telling him to go back to New York, a reference to Donalds’ childhood in Brooklyn.
Noun
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Supporters of the Republican candidate, state Attorney General Ken Paxton, portray Democrats as wusses, cucks, soy boys who don’t follow sports.
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Henry is a megalomaniac and a complete wuss.
Noun
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This highly competent, obsessive duo tumbles into a self-destructive cat-and-mouse dynamic — but who’s the cat and who’s the mouse?
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Some pest control companies might include them in general pest control, whereas others include them in higher-tier plans or offer rat and mouse extermination as an add-on specialty service.
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“Milquetoast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milquetoast. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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