Sentence examples for cusp from inspiring English sources

The word 'cusp' is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to refer to the point where two curves, lines, or areas meet and cross each other, or to the point of time when something changes or grows. For example: "The cusp of summer marks the transition into the hotter months of the year."

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cusp

noun

A sharp point or pointed end.

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The win eliminated the Caps from playoff contention, and after San Jose took only a point from L.A. the Pids are on the cusp of the playoffs.

After three weeks in my new role, I believe we are on the cusp of a new era, which if grasped will firmly secure Britain's continued role as a leader both in the arts, and the creative industries.

Thanks to the current 70s trend, fashion is on the cusp of another boho moment – a word that hasn't been used much since Sienna Miller made floppy hats, fringing and cowboy boots the uniform for young women nationwide around 2004.

The SNP is a separatist party on the cusp of national power, and is not afraid to say how it would use it.

Cardigans – once associated with librarians and teachers – are on the cusp of a fashion moment.

"Apparently the administration is on the cusp of entering into a very bad deal with one of the worst regimes in the world that would allow them to continue to have their nuclear infrastructure," he told CNN. "We're alarmed about it.

This upmarket thatched beach shack on the cusp of the Corales del Rosario national park has a vast inside-outside yellow living space and ocean views from the kitchen.

Labour is on the cusp of losing control of Scotland, according to a Guardian/ICM poll, which suggests that three months of Jim Murphy's leadership has failed to dent the Scottish National party's support.

The drama bounces from Texas to Mississippi on the cusp of the civil war, effects a shotgun wedding of 60s spaghetti western with 70s "slavesploitation" and douses the magnolia in arterial blood.

Wintour revealed those moments that only the sleep-deprived, neurotic intensity of an election campaign can produce, moments that hover on the cusp of comedy and tragedy.

It is a complex exploration of a culture on the cusp of disappearance, the Russian aristocracy as it enters the final decade, before the revolution.

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