cusp
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None of this confirms that the war, now entering its fifth year, is on the cusp of ending.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Even though the S&P 500’s dividend yield is on the cusp of breaking below the record low 1% it plumbed at the peak of the dot-com bubble, several stocks are at the other extreme.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
That number is expected to rise further, with the company on the cusp of a record-setting initial public offering, expected in June.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
Film star-turned-politician C Joseph Vijay is on the cusp of history in Tamil Nadu state.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
Nothing of the galaxies, stars, planets, lifeforms or civilizations evolved in the previous incarnation of the universe oozes into the cusp, flutters past the Big Bang, to be known in our present universe.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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