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as in white
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as in opaque
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Recent Examples of milky
Scented almond oil and giving you a warm vanilla scent, this cleansing and softening oil starts with as oil and gets worked into a milky lather.
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Kirsten Chanel Webber, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
Her creation is a milky lychee, apricot and rose cloud.
—Bea McMonagle, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The host taught our group how to louche it with water, which adds a softer, milky property to it.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2024
The fizzy, milky Korean rice wine makgeolli is as much a main character as Isabelle Huppert in Korean filmmaker Hong Sangsoo‘s third collaboration with the iconic French actress.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2024
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Kirsten Chanel Webber, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
Her creation is a milky lychee, apricot and rose cloud.
—Bea McMonagle, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The host taught our group how to louche it with water, which adds a softer, milky property to it.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2024
The fizzy, milky Korean rice wine makgeolli is as much a main character as Isabelle Huppert in Korean filmmaker Hong Sangsoo‘s third collaboration with the iconic French actress.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for milky
Adjective
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More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
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The only racial group that saw a decrease in suicide rates across age cohorts was non-Hispanic white people.—
Ellen Barry,
BostonGlobe.com,
11 Feb. 2023
Adjective
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Long the domain of points geeks, the often opaque world of frequent-flier programs is finally getting easier to navigate.—
Ryan Craggs,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Jan. 2025
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Also, the underlying mystery remains a little too opaque for too long to deliver the deepest pleasure of readerly discovery as the puzzle pieces lock into place.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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All five guys cram onto a park bench, backs to the camera, gazing out at the snowy woods.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025
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Richard Deitsch has more on that, and snowy TV issues, in his media review of the NFL divisional round.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Out sprawled a wild sea of glass eyes, silver spurs and mystery elixirs locked into filmy jars.—
Sara Georgini,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Jan. 2025
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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,
20 May 2024
Adjective
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Grilling cooks food directly over a heat source, adding a smoky flavor.—
Johna Burdeos,
Health,
20 Jan. 2025
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This results in a balanced whisky with a signature interplay of smoky, sweet, floral, and maritime flavors.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Black carbon is a dark, sooty byproduct of burning fossil fuels.—
Jillian Mock,
Discover Magazine,
17 Sep. 2019
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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
Adjective
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Her back splits down the spine and Sue, a slimy, younger version of herself (played by Margaret Qualley) crawls out.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Jan. 2025
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The first season considered other use cases, including that of a slimy legislator who dispels his reluctant wife’s doubts about a third baby by severing her from the experience of childbirth.—
Inkoo Kang,
The New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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On the engineering side, the plan is to design a better speaker, targeting the ideal frequency response for a turbid ecosystem, and doing so in a way that drives down the cost.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 Nov. 2024
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Grass carp make the water more turbid; stiltgrass and common reed can block sight lines and reduce property values; and sea lamprey are a shocking sight when they are attached to sport fish.—
Caitlin Looby,
Journal Sentinel,
12 Sep. 2024
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“Milky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milky. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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