cushion
Example Sentences
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Lower-income families living from paycheck to paycheck have far less of a financial cushion, if any at all.
From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026
Marina Mabrey missed a three-point attempt before late Tempo fouls gave the Sparks enough of a cushion to win.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
Higher crude prices raise the cost of diesel, gasoline, cooking fuel, transport and food, while governments have limited fiscal room to cushion the blow.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
"I figured it out and separated the little toe from the other ones and a bit of cushion around it definitely helped," he said.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Mom sits on a metal box topped with a dark purple cushion.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Vocabulary lists containing cushion
"Icarus's Flight," Vocabulary from the poem
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 10
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