: along with being : and
—used to form usually hyphenated phrases
… he is a credible mining camp elder-cum-publican.—
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw… Christian and Christian-cum-voodoo churches …—David Binder
David Binderoften vulgar, less common spelling of come entry 1 sense 2j, come entry 2
cumulative
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Think of it as the South American mirror of One Battle After Another, a thriller-cum-satire about the insanity of authoritarianism and the community ties that enable us to resist it.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
Such is the style of big-studio soft-sell comedy one can expect from this movie, which also occasionally erupts into whimsical memory-cum-fantasy sequences that center on Aaron’s little sister, Leah (Kaitlyn Dever), who died several months before the film opens.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
The second room is the dining room-cum-bedroom in front, which includes the bench, two swivel driver's cab seats and a removable dining table.
—New Atlas, 15 Jan. 2026
French club Toulouse’s Dayann Methalie, a versatile left-back-cum-centre-half, is among several players being tracked across Europe.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
The backstory The exhilarating start of commercial flight has never quite left this airport terminal-cum-hotel.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Jan. 2026
More than 120,000 people have signed petitions calling for the rapper cum right wing political activist to be deported to her home country of Trinidad.
—Leah Donnella, NPR, 9 Jan. 2026
Among the totems, knickknacks, and ephemera in Will Shortz’s home-cum-museum, and one of his favorite items, is a copy of the 1924 book inscribed by Dick Simon and Max Schuster, sent to its source of inspiration.
—Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025
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Noun
The ensemble-cum-chorus, burdened with overblown asylum imagery, is sometimes called upon to inject a circus-like atmosphere, complete with acrobatics.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Think of it as the South American mirror of One Battle After Another, a thriller-cum-satire about the insanity of authoritarianism and the community ties that enable us to resist it.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
Such is the style of big-studio soft-sell comedy one can expect from this movie, which also occasionally erupts into whimsical memory-cum-fantasy sequences that center on Aaron’s little sister, Leah (Kaitlyn Dever), who died several months before the film opens.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
The second room is the dining room-cum-bedroom in front, which includes the bench, two swivel driver's cab seats and a removable dining table.
—New Atlas, 15 Jan. 2026
French club Toulouse’s Dayann Methalie, a versatile left-back-cum-centre-half, is among several players being tracked across Europe.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
The backstory The exhilarating start of commercial flight has never quite left this airport terminal-cum-hotel.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Jan. 2026
More than 120,000 people have signed petitions calling for the rapper cum right wing political activist to be deported to her home country of Trinidad.
—Leah Donnella, NPR, 9 Jan. 2026
Among the totems, knickknacks, and ephemera in Will Shortz’s home-cum-museum, and one of his favorite items, is a copy of the 1924 book inscribed by Dick Simon and Max Schuster, sent to its source of inspiration.
—Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025
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