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cushy

[koosh-ee] / ˈkʊʃ i /
ADJECTIVE
lush, comfortable
Synonyms


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It's been two and a half years since Neymar wore the famous jersey - and what a cushy way to make his return.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Mayor Karen Bass held a cushy lead in her bid for a second term, and the Associated Press declared that she had made it into the November runoff election.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Losing my cushy tech compensation package was obviously a huge hit.

From Slate Apr. 20, 2026

She has to care for her lush, out-of-work father while Blane enjoys the cushy comfort of financial stability.

From Salon Feb. 28, 2026

Duke himself was sitting in a very cushy, very regal dog bed—his right front leg wrapped in a plaster cast.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

His ideal trip would be cushier than those national park tours and combine active outdoor excursions with relaxed cabin time.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 10, 2025

Who doesn’t want a cushier retirement or an easier way to pay for that gym membership?

From Slate Mar. 31, 2025

However, the Ariya is the more comfortable of these two EVs thanks to a smoother ride and cushier front seats.

From Seattle Times Sep. 13, 2023

Amy has a cushier living situation, but her stressors are not so different.

From New York Times Apr. 5, 2023

He could look at people who enjoyed cushier childhoods and believe he’s the one who lucked out.

From Washington Post Dec. 4, 2022

You must conclude that the elite college football coach — and even the pretty good one — has the cushiest job of all.

From Washington Post Jul. 24, 2022

But in return for his cooperation, he has been serving his sentence in a medium-security prison that Mr. McDugle and others said is about the cushiest incarceration location in the state.

From Washington Times Jun. 17, 2021

The content is not the same, but in both cases Americans are inhabiting a world in which one of the cushiest rewards for doing politics is to get into content creation, whatever form it takes.

From Slate Feb. 22, 2021

The federal prison is located roughly 70 miles northwest of city of the New York and has been called one of America's "cushiest" prisons.

From Salon Jun. 4, 2019

"Strike me ginger, balmy, and stony," Bill concluded, "if it were not for these few things the life in the trenches would be one of the cushiest in the world."

From The Red Horizon by MacGill, Patrick




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