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cushy

[koosh-ee] / ˈkʊʃ i /
ADJECTIVE
lush, comfortable
Synonyms


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It's been two and a half years since Neymar wore the famous jersey - and what a cushy way to make his return.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Losing my cushy tech compensation package was obviously a huge hit.

From Slate Apr. 20, 2026

She has to care for her lush, out-of-work father while Blane enjoys the cushy comfort of financial stability.

From Salon Feb. 28, 2026

“This interiority we have is so precious,” says Pollan, as he leans back against his cushy brown sofa in a navy blue sweater and worn loafers, a cup of green tea at his side.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2026

Now he remembered why he kept turning down that cushy West Side job.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

Delta Air Lines has been upfront about its plans to bring those restrictive basic fares to its cushier cabins.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Who doesn’t want a cushier retirement or an easier way to pay for that gym membership?

From Slate Mar. 31, 2025

However, the Ariya is the more comfortable of these two EVs thanks to a smoother ride and cushier front seats.

From Seattle Times Sep. 13, 2023

Executives with sagging stock prices are declaring themselves “wartime C.E.O.s,” and workers who could have credibly threatened to leave their jobs for cushier ones a year ago are now hanging on for dear life.

From New York Times Dec. 16, 2022

There is a hand-lettered, bus-shaped honor roll on the wall at the campaign’s Brooklyn headquarters, listing those who have eschewed cushier train or plane rides customary for business travel:

From Washington Post Jun. 9, 2015

You must conclude that the elite college football coach — and even the pretty good one — has the cushiest job of all.

From Washington Post Jul. 24, 2022

But in return for his cooperation, he has been serving his sentence in a medium-security prison that Mr. McDugle and others said is about the cushiest incarceration location in the state.

From Washington Times Jun. 17, 2021

The content is not the same, but in both cases Americans are inhabiting a world in which one of the cushiest rewards for doing politics is to get into content creation, whatever form it takes.

From Slate Feb. 22, 2021

The federal prison is located roughly 70 miles northwest of city of the New York and has been called one of America's "cushiest" prisons.

From Salon Jun. 4, 2019

"Strike me ginger, balmy, and stony," Bill concluded, "if it were not for these few things the life in the trenches would be one of the cushiest in the world."

From The Red Horizon by Patrick MacGill




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