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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
Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2026
Yoshiki, fresh off a flight from Tokyo, arrived mere minutes before his cue.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 11 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
How to Make Mississippi Pork Chops These pork chops take a cue from Mississippi Pot Roast, which gets its flavor from a combo of ranch dressing mix, onion soup mix, and pepperoncini peppers.
—Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2026
Yoshiki, fresh off a flight from Tokyo, arrived mere minutes before his cue.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 11 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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And Ferguson can line up across the formation and create downfield separation.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
8 Jan. 2026
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Failure to line up financing would prevent Saks from filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which would give the company a chance to reorganize and potentially find a buyer willing to take on its business as a going concern.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
8 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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Because the dopants are earth-abundant, the synthesis uses conventional solid-state processing, and no inert atmosphere is required, the approach aligns well with existing gigafactory infrastructure.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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Both Fischer and Lutron call out lighting systems and apps that change lighting based on pre-programmed modes and even automatically transition to align with circadian cycles.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 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 14 Jan. 2026.
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