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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cumshaw
Noun
  • That matters more than any retention bonus ever could.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • If said midfielder is skilled at carrying the ball across short distances, that would be a bonus too.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Linda Sun, a former aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY), was charged earlier this week with accepting bribes from companies selling personal protective equipment during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
    Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 29 June 2025
  • Netanyahu faces charges of fraud, breach of trust, and accepting bribes in three separate cases.
    Mandy Taheri Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • But American science, including space science, has paid enormous dividends in keeping the nation strong, prosperous, and worthy of the world’s respect.
    Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 4 July 2025
  • In general, dividend amounts are not always predictable and tend to follow the ups and downs of profitability at each company.
    Dividend Channel, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • The price is comparable to competitors, plus the products are regularly on sale with free shipping and gifts.
    Stewart Savin, Architectural Digest, 8 July 2025
  • Peacocks were offered as a gift to the UN by India’s permanent mission in the 1980s and, as a result, the UN gardens are full of them.
    Isabelle Mayault, The Dial, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • The administration’s efforts to stop this gravy train threaten the climate house of cards built up for decades.
    Peter Murphy, Boston Herald, 14 May 2025
  • This just-okay kids’ film — the sort trying to capitalize on the Harry Potter gravy train way after the fact — is set in the 1950s as a boy, Lewis (Owen Vaccaro), is sent to live with his eccentric uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) after his parents’ tragic death.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Cumshaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cumshaw. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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