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Recent Examples of cusp
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.
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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
Danielle Scott, a legally blind Afro-Cuban, Polish-Jewish, and Asian mixed-media artist at the cusp of international fame, risks her own well-being by exposing herself to the intergenerational trauma of the Atlantic Slave Trade.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 May 2025
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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
Danielle Scott, a legally blind Afro-Cuban, Polish-Jewish, and Asian mixed-media artist at the cusp of international fame, risks her own well-being by exposing herself to the intergenerational trauma of the Atlantic Slave Trade.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cusp
Noun
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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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During the 2008 Great Financial Crisis, the federal government was compelled to rescue key companies vital to the nation’s economy, such as General Motors, Chrysler, Citigroup, and AIG, from the verge of collapse.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Since the end of the second quarter, the Club has sent out dozens of trade alerts.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Both parties increasingly weaponize selective statistics, exaggerated claims, or misleading framings to advance their own political ends.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Camellia dieback and canker disease is characterized by sudden wilting and yellowing of the foliage and die-back of branch tips.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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That outlet said that Crimestoppers tips and data analysis from Salazar's phone led police to him.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Following the unexpected visit, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has placed a large bear trap in the Lemis’ front yard, hoping to lure the apex predator in with donuts for a safe removal, per NBC Connecticut.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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This time of year, these apex predators are packing on the pounds by feasting on calorie-rich sockeye salmon at Brooks Falls.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Cusp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cusp. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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