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Danielle Scott, a legally blind Afro-Cuban, Polish-Jewish, and Asian mixed-media artist at the cusp of international fame, risks her own well-being by exposing herself to the intergenerational trauma of the Atlantic Slave Trade.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 May 2025
That journey, which has already seen the top pick of the 2021 draft endure a major injury and historic losing, earn an All-Star bid and lift the Detroit Pistons back to the playoffs, led him to the cusp of his defining moment.
—Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Along with fellow senior transfers Sedona Prince and Madison Conner, Van Lith helped take a TCU program that had never won more than 25 games in a season to 33 wins and the cusp of the Final Four.
—Everett Cook, Axios, 28 Mar. 2025
Nashville has sprinkled some cayenne pepper on more than just its fried chicken of late though, spicing up its game and winning four matches in a row to reach the cusp of a season-long string of victories.
—Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 May 2025
That journey, which has already seen the top pick of the 2021 draft endure a major injury and historic losing, earn an All-Star bid and lift the Detroit Pistons back to the playoffs, led him to the cusp of his defining moment.
—Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Along with fellow senior transfers Sedona Prince and Madison Conner, Van Lith helped take a TCU program that had never won more than 25 games in a season to 33 wins and the cusp of the Final Four.
—Everett Cook, Axios, 28 Mar. 2025
Nashville has sprinkled some cayenne pepper on more than just its fried chicken of late though, spicing up its game and winning four matches in a row to reach the cusp of a season-long string of victories.
—Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cusp
Noun
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Enyedi has often made meditative cinema, but here her restraint in some sequences verges on suffocating.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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During the 2008 Great Financial Crisis, the federal government was compelled to rescue key companies vital to the nation’s economy, such as General Motors, Chrysler, Citigroup, and AIG, from the verge of collapse.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Most recently, last year in Bangladesh, students mobilized to call for the end of a controversial quota system for government jobs.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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To this end, the Kansas City Election Board has mostly relied on existing relationships with schools, churches and libraries.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The strains on international enrollment only add to distress for schools already on the financial brink.—
Collin Binkley,
Fortune,
30 Aug. 2025
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That Maggie had gone to the very brink of extinguishing Negan.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
23 June 2025
Noun
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For hair that’s been through the ringer, the treatment mask repairs damage from root to tip, the inside out, and the outside in—regardless of hair type or texture.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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At the last tip meeting, Kerry congratulates his crew on a job well done.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
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Towering over its modern relatives, this prehistoric predator was not only the largest species of lion ever recorded, but also one of the top apex predators of the Ice Age.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app was popping off with shark alerts over the weekend, with apex predators being spotted close to shore.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Cusp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cusp. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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