How to Use cusp in a Sentence

cusp

noun

• Most of the sites are wooded, some perched on the cusp of a hill.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2022
• The Bruins were on the cusp of reaching the top half of the conference in the 2021.
  — oregonlive, 19 Aug. 2022
• The Eagles, on the cusp of taking control of the game, just opened the door again for the Chiefs.
  — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2023
• And age wise, Boomers on the cusp of retirement saved the most (16.5%).
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
• Lacy is on the cusp of the kind of fame that tests a young artist’s character.
  — Reggie Ugwu, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• That happened in March 2017, just as the trees were on the cusp of reaching peak bloom.
  — Emma Ricketts, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2023
• The Green Bay Packers were 4-8 through their first 12 games but are now on the cusp of the playoffs.
  — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2023
• Auburn is on the cusp of a top-10 ranking in the latest AP poll amid an 8-0 start to the season.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 5 Dec. 2022
• The 25-year-old also walked one batter and was on the cusp of his best season.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022
• The 24-year-old went from late-night rap battles in their living room to the cusp of rap stardom.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2023
• Page Six is the first outlet to report that Cooper and Shayk are on the cusp of breaking up.
  — Erika Harwood, ELLE, 12 Nov. 2022
• These pesky pimples take up residence right on the cusp of where your lips meet the rest of your face (called the lip line).
  — Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 10 Nov. 2022
• All of this is happening at the same time James is on the cusp of breaking the NBA’s all-time scoring record.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
• It’s mostly used by horses that are on the cusp of making the field and need just a couple more points.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2023
• The deal was made way before Locarno, but soft-announced on the cusp of the Festival.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Aug. 2022
• Reich took the Colts to the playoffs in two of his first four seasons and had them on the cusp of making it last season.
  — Michael Marot, ajc, 7 Nov. 2022
• He was arrested on the cusp of free agency, and his future with the Hornets, and in the NBA, is unclear.
  — CBS News, 19 July 2022
• It’s a rather unusual scenario because the Moon is right on the cusp of being too far away.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
• Penalties, dropped passes and more penalties had the Crimson Tide on the cusp of a stunning meltdown in the Texas heat.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 10 Sep. 2022
• Wilson, left, has Las Vegas on the cusp of a championship.
  — Doug Feinberg, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022
• The latter would be Spieth last year on the eighth hole, when his tee shot ran through the fairway on the cusp of a cliff with a 60-foot drop to the rocks and ocean below.
  — Dallas News, 2 Feb. 2023
• What’s more, Beckham was on the cusp of free agency, whetting his appetite.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
• Italy is also on the cusp of putting a party in power that has fascist origins.
  — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 27 Sep. 2022
• Could the Packers be on the cusp of several losing seasons?
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2022
• Right now, Massachusetts is on the cusp of an offshore wind boom.
  — Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2022
• Northern California is on the cusp of the wet-dry pattern.
  — Robin Meadows, Scientific American, 11 Jan. 2023
• At 27 years old, Richardson is on the cusp of two generations.
  — Brooke Lamantia, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Dec. 2022
• The only caveat is if you’re born on the cusp of a sign i.e. the first or last day of a sign, because the sun changes signs at a specific time every year, Edut says.
  — Madison Feller, ELLE, 30 June 2023
• South Carroll was on the cusp of reaching the pinnacle of high school football last season.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2022
• Now the Washington drug lobby is on the cusp of a rare political loss.
  — Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 28 July 2022

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