cusps

plural of cusp
1
as in verges
an interval of time just before the onset of something medical researchers who are on the cusp of a major breakthrough

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2
as in tips
the last and usually sharp or tapering part of something long and narrow the cusp of a fang

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Noun
  • The lineup of dishes and sauces and combos verges on overwhelming; they’re presented in a mix of typefaces and colors, and punctuated by herky-jerky photo animations—a waving hand holding a soft-serve twist, spidery fingers with brass nail extensions used in the traditional Thai dance Fawn Leb.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Enyedi has often made meditative cinema, but here her restraint in some sequences verges on suffocating.
    Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Packed practical tutorials, tool tips and ideas drawing from Hanna’s experience the paperback teaches sewers of all levels a range of genius jean repair, repurpose and restyling skills.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Off Brazil’s northeastern coast, where the sediment-heavy water of the vast Amazon River tips out into the Atlantic, are two very different types of treasure.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The pandemic brought many of us to similar brinks.
    Eric Olson September 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Some controllers are also taking on second jobs to make ends meet or calling in sick in protest.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • With her hair tied in a bun in the back of her head, Stewart’s choppy bangs took center stage next to Elle Fanning’s and Renate Reinsve’s pristine slick-backs; the ends falling unevenly on her forehead, with longer strands tickling her ears.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • These changes, as well as, wearing bangs were a major key to keeping her edges strong.
    Essence, Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Using them lets the driver maximize engine power under varying driving conditions, such as accelerating in a straight line or blasting between apexes at a track or on a twisty road.
    Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Love, give me lips and noses, skin parting tangy skin.
    Carson Colenbaugh, The Atlantic, 9 Nov. 2025
  • When the book got big on TikTok in 2020, that was one of the types of videos that people made over and over — snot coming out of their noses, mascara running down their faces, heaving sobs.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Cusps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cusps. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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