cue
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Taking a cue from the festivities at Somerset House, he hit upon the idea of throwing a masked party to subsidize the theater.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
And as for the showstopping pelican, the frog erupts out of its beak right on cue, a moment that indeed inspires a round of laughter and childlike awe.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
We should all take Jackson’s cue and recognize that this couldn’t be further from the truth.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
On cue, Ansari burst through the front door as Patel.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
As if on cue, one of the lumps on the ground wriggled, scaring the mess out of me.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Vocabulary lists containing cue
Drama
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Curtain Call: Dance and Theater Terms
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Long Way Down
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