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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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Black people make up about 14% of the U.S. population but are three times more likely to face hunger than white people, according to the Agriculture Department.—
Maya Eaglin,
NBC News,
11 Feb. 2023
Adjective
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All these options are intriguing, but none are fully explored, which makes the opaque, open ending even more disappointing.—
Alissa Simon,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2025
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Consider Iran, an opaque, authoritarian foe whose powerful supreme leader is 85 years old.—
Kori Schake,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2025
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The scenery is just as captivating as the storytelling: Think snowcapped mountains, sweeping aerial shots of frozen fjords, pristine snowy forests, and ice shards floating in dark rivers.—
Andrea Duncan-Mao,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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More footage from the crash showed passengers climbing out of the aircraft and stepping out onto a snowy tarmac, where powerful winds whipped past.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The touch screen was desensitized with a filmy layer of grease, the cumulative tapping of many dirty hands.—
Anelise Chen,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2025
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The soap combines with the minerals in the water to leave a filmy residue on your hands.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Longtime Fat Boyz fans have watched his smoky empire of meats expand and shrink over the past decade, but this new location will join outposts in Deerfield Beach, Coral Springs and another in Fort Lauderdale.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2025
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The smoky Gouda, paired with the hot sausage, is a match made in heaven.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 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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At night both children and adults alike can be seen slogging through the murky waters with homemade nets and lights looking to harvest the slimy fish.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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Here's how to tell the difference: Appearance: Mold can appear slimy, fuzzy, and raised from the surface, while mildew is typically flat and powdery.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Oct. 2024
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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 4 Mar. 2025.
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