How to Use cash cow in a Sentence

cash cow

noun
Definition of cash cownext
  • The movie studio saw the actress as a cash cow.
  • The football team was a cash cow for the university.
  • The event should be a cash cow for the Fort Worth area.
    — Dallas News, 5 June 2021
  • Yet, will Pacquiao, still a cash cow of the sport, be around?
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The fees have become somewhat of a cash cow over the past 20 years.
    — Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The Big Ten could expand to 100 teams and no one would mess with that cash cow.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2023
  • But with this cash cow has come a problem: the need to keep milking it.
    — Fortune, 18 July 2019
  • The market was to be more of a social mission than a cash cow.
    — Michele Herrmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2020
  • Yet they have been forced to grab the hind legs of the CFP cash cow and hold on, together, for dear life.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The fees have become somewhat of a cash cow for banks over the past 20 years, some experts have said.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Only if the Joneses were to sell their cash cow could such a thing happen.
    — Dallas News, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The broadcaster is the cash cow, which does allow for the broadcaster to have a say.
    — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 6 May 2021
  • Football, of course, is the cash cow for most college programs.
    — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 23 Mar. 2020
  • For their long-term survival, both broadcast and cable news have the cash cow of live sports.
    — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2024
  • At the heart of the current battle is Future Retail, the cash cow of Future Group.
    — Sherisse Pham, CNN, 29 Oct. 2020
  • But the story of a politician looking to turn her seat into a cash cow isn’t mine.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The new commissioner needs to be well-versed in the ins and outs of the biggest cash cow, college football.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Clinics like these aren’t cash cows for health systems.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 17 July 2023
  • Sports Action's payments, which were tied to the lottery's profits, were a boost but not a cash cow.
    — Andrew Greif, OregonLive.com, 24 May 2018
  • In many cities making change has become a cash cow for some because of the great U.S. coin shortage.
    — Stephen Moore, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2020
  • Pro says: The Hilltoppers have been a cash cow since the beginning of last year, winning 15 of their last 21 games against the spread.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Boyd has certainly been a cash cow for the Bengals on third down this season.
    — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The people running the tournaments don't want to kick them out, because that's their cash cow.
    — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Aug. 2022
  • This would otherwise be the cash cow of Rama Jama’s year.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 13 Apr. 2020
  • Alex’s minions are sweeping her away, leaving a stunned Bradley with the job of keeping the network’s cash cow on its feet.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The union didn’t go after the companies’ big cash cows, which are full-size pickup trucks and big SUVs.
    — Tom Krisher, ajc, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Based on that, the Postal Service is a cash cow, generating a total of $13.5 billion over the past five years.
    — Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2020
  • State data show that heavy payday loan users are the industry’s cash cow.
    — Lawrence Mower, miamiherald, 4 Feb. 2018
  • And unlike most streaming rivals, Disney has a steady revenue stream from its theme parks—a cash cow for the business.
    — Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 30 May 2024
  • In a world where live sports remain television’s cash cow, could competitive pillow fighting be the next big thing?
    — Peter White, Deadline, 24 June 2024

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