How to Use on the cusp in a Sentence

on the cusp

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  • Trump is on the cusp of greatness.
    FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
  • John was on the cusp of talking about it.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Target is on the cusp of a change at the top, too.
    Melissa Repko, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
  • This was a step too far on the cusp of an election year.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The Mariners seem like a club on the cusp of a dynasty.
    Kevin Sherrington mar. 25, Dallas Morning News, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Now, eight years later, Strand seems on the cusp of it.
    Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • My daughters were on the cusp of adulthood.
    Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Now, the rising star may be on the cusp of something big.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Packed up his whole life, sold his house, gave up his job, and was on the cusp of a new life.
    Maureen Maher, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Is your program on the cusp of an at-large bid and struggling to stay afloat?
    Mark Schindler, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
  • But now the lake, and the nearby town of the same name, are on the cusp of great change.
    Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Both Rockwall programs are on the cusp as well.
    Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 25 Mar. 2026
  • All of this matters for a team that is on the cusp of contending again.
    Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Aberg will contend some weeks, and others be on the cusp of missing the cut.
    Jeff Hartman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • One of the last happy, carefree times for us as children on the cusp of our teenage years.
    Time, 6 June 2023
  • At the time, people were on the cusp of a new millennium.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • His fastball has him on the cusp of realizing his big-league dream.
    Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
  • But Cornelius was on the cusp of overhauling his life.
    Holly Yan, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
  • In fact, the technology is on the cusp of much wider adoption.
    Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2023
  • And like Bali 50 years ago, Siargao is on the cusp of change.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Chicago, in fact, is on the cusp of a historic upsurge in rail freight traffic.
    Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Others were on the cusp of those two categories in the mid-’90s.
    Lydia Belanger, Fortune, 2 July 2024
  • As the ending of the story perhaps presages, Martha is on the cusp of a change in her life.
    Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
  • Most of the bananas were on the cusp of blotchy and overripe, the green bell peppers had gone slightly soft.
    Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • And a global legacy have this underdog city on the cusp of a revival.
    Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • So that, for me, has been really hard to process, much more so than being on the cusp of death myself.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Melanie was a pilot, on the cusp of realizing her dream to fly for the airlines.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 23 July 2024
  • Friedman felt that the industry was on the cusp of a big transition.
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Now, an appeals court is on the cusp of deciding whether to uphold that ruling.
    Simon Ducroquet, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • Risk stocks are back in vogue as the S & P 500 sits on the cusp of a new high.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 25 June 2025

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