as in indication
a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)
taking a cue from nature, scientists are developing safe and effective insecticides using insect hormones
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Recent Examples of cue
Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 25 Jan. 2026
The all-day menu, curated by James Beard Award-winning chef Sean Brock and a dream team of Birmingham food veterans, takes cues directly from Brock’s travels.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Nov. 2025
Somewhere around the seventh inning, the gaggle of small children in the house conspired, without adult aid or input, to turn off the lights in a bedroom, plug in a strobe light, cue up a trance song on the speaker, and begin to mosh.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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Noun
But some people with different ideological positions saw different videos, from different angles, and reached totally different conclusions about what happened — partly due to cues from political leaders.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 25 Jan. 2026
The all-day menu, curated by James Beard Award-winning chef Sean Brock and a dream team of Birmingham food veterans, takes cues directly from Brock’s travels.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
Verb
End the Night with a Classic After dinner, cue up A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving for a viewing that will take everyone straight back to childhood.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Nov. 2025
Somewhere around the seventh inning, the gaggle of small children in the house conspired, without adult aid or input, to turn off the lights in a bedroom, plug in a strobe light, cue up a trance song on the speaker, and begin to mosh.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cue
Verb
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To line up every single day in the work and to do hard stuff with people that are committed, there’s nothing like it.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Their conclusions also line up with earlier work.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Remodels are coming for all 600 Sam’s Club locations and customers will no longer have to queue in busy and crowded checkout areas.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
18 Dec. 2025
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Three days a week, locals queue up in front of the building, sometimes waiting over an hour, to receive free groceries.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
30 Oct. 2025
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In an internal email to staff obtained by The Times, academy CEO Bill Kramer, who took the reins of the organization in 2022, framed the changes as part of a broader strategic initiative over the past two years aimed at streamlining operations to align with the academy’s evolving mission.—
Malia Mendez,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2026
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Nixon said the new guidelines align with those December findings.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
24 Jan. 2026
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Now, further scientific advances have allowed researchers to sequence high-quality DNA from her remains, revealing that she was, in fact, born in southern England.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
19 Dec. 2025
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The researchers sequenced 182 melanocytes altogether, and found skin cells from tanning bed users had nearly twice as many mutations as those from the control group, and were more likely to carry mutations linked to melanoma.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
14 Dec. 2025
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“Cue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cue. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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