cue
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"Conversely, the sweeter milk chocolate scent acts more like a hedonic reward cue, enhancing training volume by creating a highly pleasant sensory environment rather than by shifting basic metabolic hunger signals."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Right on cue, at the end of May, fund managers launched the country’s first leveraged ETFs tied to single stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
But Thailand is among a band of neighbouring nations, sharing unavoidable border issues with Myanmar, which have used the polls as a cue to reset relations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
This was the cue for Milan's wingbacks to drop deep, increasing the distance United's full-backs had to cover to apply pressure.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
However, if the entire class likes background music, try to play the same baroque music during the test that was used during the original presentation of the material: it acts as an auditory memory cue.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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These conflicting emotions are cued by music that enacts the characters’ inner lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Uncollected garbage rotted in heaps, and people cued outside of bakeries for their daily government ration of bread.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
When Olsen cued up “Frozen Love” at Sound City, Fleetwood couldn’t believe his ears.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025
What you put on your TV, what fast food restaurants you pass by on the way to work, we are constantly being cued.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
I have an audiobook Luna recommended all cued up in case I get bored and a playlist from Avery ready to go, but for my first lap around the trail, I want quiet.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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“You see the band watching him, you see him cuing them, you see the playfulness, the spontaneity, the fan reactions and his reactions to them,” Gausman continued.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
For my money, the mark of any music book worth its salt is measured by the number of times I find myself cuing up another tune.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2025
She also suggested enrolling in electricity demand response programs, which let you sign up for text alerts when the grid is overloaded, cuing you to switch the A/C to fan or turn other appliances off.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2023
“We did our best to avoid unintentional cuing by remaining still, keeping our heads down and stepping away from the testing arena when possible,” Ms. Prasad-Shreckengast said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
Panel member Anuse finally came to the rescue with a cuing question and a long discussion ensued as to how SmurFFs were handled in the department and what happened to them.
From Wild Justice by Ruth M. Sprague
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