Thesaurus results for MILKING

milking

verb

Definition of milking next

present participle of milk

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 Potter said companies across the travel industry are seeing the same trend – and milking it. —

Zach Wichter, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026 Simon has been milking for forty-eight years. —

Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026 Justin Trudeau’s eldest son, an aspiring musician, is milking his dad’s relationship with Katy Perry for his own art. —

Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026 And Ainesworth threw cold water on the notion that firefighters are milking the workers’ compensation system. —

Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026 In 1964, the company started milking cows in Moore Haven in Glades County. —

Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026 Bribing officials, milking national economies, and cozying up to corrupt politicians and dictators have long been essential features of the enterprise. —

Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026 Veyron production may have ended, but Bugatti is still milking the idea. —

New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2026 Four plays later, with just over two minutes left in the game, the Seahawks ran a pass play instead of just running the ball and milking the clock. —

Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026

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Brunson’s defense and the lack of rim protection from Towns remain weaknesses, but nobody has come close to exploiting them so far.

— Tony Jones, New York Times, 18 May 2026
Governors, regulators and consumer advocates are challenging traditional profit guarantees and rate hikes, arguing monopoly utilities are exploiting a ‘broken’ 20th century model while households struggle with affordability.

— Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026