on cue
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: at the exact moment one would expect
She arrived right on cue as we were talking about her.
As if on cue, the entire group burst into laughter.
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Those seated in the orchestra section were given faux tulips and taught the flower choreography from the film — tossing them into the air on cue, timed to Grande’s entrance as Glinda the Good.
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Haley Kluge, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Their lead guitarist — a wiry seventeen-year-old named Bruce Springsteen — already had an assistant to hit his echo pedal on cue.
—Henry Selick, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
The rally in most of the Mag 7, which included Nvidia on a host of positive developments , came as if on cue after Jim Cramer's Sunday column about not judging the stocks by their outsized portion of the overall market but as individual stories with long runways of growth ahead.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2025
His is a story that begins long before the You memes and thirsty edits on TikTok, with a little kid in Washington, trying to cry on cue.
—Sophie Ansari, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
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Haley Kluge, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Their lead guitarist — a wiry seventeen-year-old named Bruce Springsteen — already had an assistant to hit his echo pedal on cue.
—Henry Selick, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
The rally in most of the Mag 7, which included Nvidia on a host of positive developments , came as if on cue after Jim Cramer's Sunday column about not judging the stocks by their outsized portion of the overall market but as individual stories with long runways of growth ahead.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2025
His is a story that begins long before the You memes and thirsty edits on TikTok, with a little kid in Washington, trying to cry on cue.
—Sophie Ansari, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for on cue
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“On cue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20cue. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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