on the cusp
idiom
: at the point when something is about to change to something else
She is on the cusp of being a star.
on the cusp between childhood and adolescence
I was born on the cusp between Leo and Virgo.
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Str | Afp | Getty Images PARIS, France — The push to commercialize solid-state batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) is well underway, but analysts say auto giants could be on the cusp of turning to a different kind of transformative science.
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
By early 2024, as the merger to take Trump Media public was finally on the cusp of gaining SEC approval, Nunes restructured his employment deal.
—Zach Everson, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
For example, in September 2015, on the cusp of Russia’s intervention in the Syrian civil war, the Levada Center, an independent Russian polling organization, found that 69 percent of the population opposed providing direct military assistance to the Syrian government.
—Peter Pomerantsev, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
Despite that low peak, the project still proved to be a buzz-builder, presaging Usher’s first major breakthrough as a singer-songwriter on the cusp of the new millennium: 1997’s My Way.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2024
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
By early 2024, as the merger to take Trump Media public was finally on the cusp of gaining SEC approval, Nunes restructured his employment deal.
—Zach Everson, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
For example, in September 2015, on the cusp of Russia’s intervention in the Syrian civil war, the Levada Center, an independent Russian polling organization, found that 69 percent of the population opposed providing direct military assistance to the Syrian government.
—Peter Pomerantsev, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
Despite that low peak, the project still proved to be a buzz-builder, presaging Usher’s first major breakthrough as a singer-songwriter on the cusp of the new millennium: 1997’s My Way.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2024
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“On the cusp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20cusp. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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