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
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2026
Children take their emotional cues from their parents.
—Jann Blackstone, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
Jason Sheeler, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026
Their plan is for Hunter to cue up a message, cushion the phone in her shoe, and drop her phone to the ground below, where the message will presumably send.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
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Noun
For families While the friendly staff and spacious rooms are certainly hospitable to families, the overall vibe takes its cues from the neighborhood–chic, cool, and largely for adults.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2026
Children take their emotional cues from their parents.
—Jann Blackstone, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
But in Palm Springs—cue the high hedges—there was a sense of safety that didn't exist in LA.
—Jason Sheeler, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026
Their plan is for Hunter to cue up a message, cushion the phone in her shoe, and drop her phone to the ground below, where the message will presumably send.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cue
Verb
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Cosplayers gather, stopping to greet one another, compare builds and line up for photos with each other.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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Now, scientists wait for the ideal weather, technical criteria and orbital positions to all line up.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Guests will queue up within a large, red brick, garage-style structure before getting into the ride vehicles, modeled after several cars featured in the films before catapulting along an aerial track that winds its way over the theme park.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2026
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At over one mile wide, it is so densely punctuated by the monuments, houses, and collections that give Paris its alluring gravity that simply to queue up for chocolat chaud is to be immersed in its legacy.—
Lacey Minot,
Air Mail,
28 Feb. 2026
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Boards function best when directors ultimately align behind a course of action.—
Jane Sadowsky,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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In Detroit, activists from Anakbayan, an organization aligned with communist movements in the Philippines, joined other groups within the Singham activist ecosystem.—
Asra Q. Nomani,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But what if the larvae are dead or missing, there’s no high-quality DNA or there isn’t the time—or equipment—to sequence the flies’ genomes?—
Rohini Subrahmanyam,
Scientific American,
10 Mar. 2026
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While many resources and efforts were made to sequence DNA through the Human Genome Project, sequencing RNA and its many modifications remains a challenging task.—
Marlene Belfort,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Cue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cue. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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