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And we took our cue, having done all this research into stuff that Elon said, from something he kept going over again: This idea that we’re likely living in a simulation.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Those monologues aren’t on cue cards; the comedians are trusted to do their thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

“If we don’t have that cue, then we lose that part of ourselves,” she said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

So, do the military plane flyovers, cue the performances, fill the wine the glasses, Kritenbrink says.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Connor looked at Mom with interest, so she took that as her cue to tell the story for the millionth time.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

These conflicting emotions are cued by music that enacts the characters’ inner lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

I was terrified that I cued the cars early.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

Uncollected garbage rotted in heaps, and people cued outside of bakeries for their daily government ration of bread.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

At one point, Musk cued Cavanaugh with an awkward joke about how the work he’d found being done at the United States Institute of Peace was actually “the opposite of the title.”

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2025

Spoon had it cued up right where it needed to be—right as the locker was being unlocked.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

“You see the band watching him, you see him cuing them, you see the playfulness, the spontaneity, the fan reactions and his reactions to them,” Gausman continued.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

For my money, the mark of any music book worth its salt is measured by the number of times I find myself cuing up another tune.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2025

She also suggested enrolling in electricity demand response programs, which let you sign up for text alerts when the grid is overloaded, cuing you to switch the A/C to fan or turn other appliances off.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2023

He not only conducted the orchestra upstage, but regularly pivoted to turn downstage, cuing the principal singers when they needed it.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2023

Panel member Anuse finally came to the rescue with a cuing question and a long discussion ensued as to how SmurFFs were handled in the department and what happened to them.

From Wild Justice by Ruth M. Sprague