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Recent Examples of cusp
Now, two years later, Viskari stands at the cusp of his junior season at Missouri as one of the Tigers’ top golfers.
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Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
That situation isn’t unheard of in Idol’s recent history, where Seacrest or the judges have inked new deals just on the cusp of a new season’s production beginning.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2025
But Oliver is right on the cusp of being the kind of artist who can move units and get away with just using his first name.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2025
But for a player who once dreamed of having a starting role, Hall sits on the cusp of earning his first NFL start in week one.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2025
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Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
That situation isn’t unheard of in Idol’s recent history, where Seacrest or the judges have inked new deals just on the cusp of a new season’s production beginning.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2025
But Oliver is right on the cusp of being the kind of artist who can move units and get away with just using his first name.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2025
But for a player who once dreamed of having a starting role, Hall sits on the cusp of earning his first NFL start in week one.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cusp
Noun
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The lineup of dishes and sauces and combos verges on overwhelming; they’re presented in a mix of typefaces and colors, and punctuated by herky-jerky photo animations—a waving hand holding a soft-serve twist, spidery fingers with brass nail extensions used in the traditional Thai dance Fawn Leb.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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Enyedi has often made meditative cinema, but here her restraint in some sequences verges on suffocating.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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But if nothing else, this new environment should give Okoro breathing room to find his footing on the other end.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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As our colleagues at Bleacher Report wrote, ticket prices for the Los Angeles Lakers surged as speculation grew that James might actually be announcing the end of his playing career.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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Local wages, however, haven’t kept pace, pushing more and more households toward the financial brink.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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The pandemic brought many of us to similar brinks.—
Eric Olson
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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Carve a shallow hole for the pillar candle, place the glass on the tip, then use U-pins to make holes to hold the wire.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Oct. 2025
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Two of the pieces come in solid colors camel and Spanx red, and each sweater features custom Spanx red tips at the cuffs.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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With the Seahawks getting a legitimate test for the first time in weeks, the Rams have the chance to establish themselves as the apex predator of the NFC West.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Mountain lions are hunters, carnivores, apex predators.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Cusp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cusp. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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