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Companies are also finding ways to do more with less thanks to AI and other technologies, putting the U.S. on the cusp of what some economists predict will be an extended phase of rising productivity.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

This shuttle stack sits in flight configuration, almost exactly as it would look on the cusp of liftoff, besides the yellow torque tubes lining the orbiter’s white shell like external ribs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

After going from hawking sweets to his primary schoolmates to becoming Africa's richest man, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote now stands on the cusp of what could be the continent's biggest-ever IPO.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

We’re not on the cusp of global financial or economic crisis, at least not yet, although there are troubling warning signs.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

At twilight’s cusp, Major Puff believed he had at last found success.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

Along with the backward-curving cusps that helped it catch aquatic prey, the animal possessed specialized canine teeth with three roots, a distinctive feature that surprised the researchers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

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

He had carried this innocent precision, these dainty demoded cusps, through misery and passion to old age.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White