cusp
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Tesla stock is on the cusp on ending a three-week losing streak.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
And both Mr. Ralph, as Mia’s husband, Barry, who is most seduced by dreams of tech millions, and Mr. Tippett as Paul give fine portraits of men on the cusp of middle-aged anxiety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
In “Remake,” McElwee laments the hope that making “Photographic Memory” gave him, an aspiration that he was depicting his son on the cusp of finding his way through the dark.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
Social media whispers suggested talisman and fan favourite Cammy Devlin was on the cusp of signing a new contract in Gorgie.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
It was midnight, the cusp of another scary and vivid childhood memory.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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
Not the steak knives of T. rex, but teeth with complex cusps and valleys.
From Scientific American ● May 17, 2022
They noted that this fossil had primitive traits, such as a monkey-size brain, small teeth with sharp cusps, and eye sockets that telescoped out, similar to those of a gibbon.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 29, 2015
Scientists wonder about what happens in an oscillating universe at the cusps, at the transition from contraction to expansion.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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