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As more ballots are tallied, Mississippi also appears on the cusp of sending a Black Democrat, Scott Colom, to the Senate.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

Washington believes China is also on the cusp of a carrier spree.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

JetBlue shares rallied on Tuesday after the beleaguered airline sought to allay worries about its business, saying it’s on the cusp of being profitable again — something it hasn’t managed to accomplish since 2019.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

The incumbent, on the cusp of 81, has meanwhile upped his social media game at the eleventh hour, posting selfie-mode videos and even buying his first-ever cell phone.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

In retrospect, that statement seems prescient, but it merely reflected the mood already widespread among the young in Durham’s black community as America stood poised on the cusp of a new and turbulent decade.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Near a planet's poles, however, there are funnel-shaped openings known as "magnetospheric cusps."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

Its teeth possessed sharp cusps and crests for slicing through the exoskeleton of insects and lacked the rounded crushing surfaces useful for eating fruit.

From Reuters ● Apr. 13, 2023

Mr. Biden held a similar celebration with former President Barack Obama last year on the cusps of the midterms.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 23, 2023

The researchers digitized the strange tooth using an x-ray scanner at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, precisely measuring its cusps, ridges, and crests.

From Science Magazine ● May 17, 2022

Scientists wonder about what happens in an oscillating universe at the cusps, at the transition from contraction to expansion.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan