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You will need to rebuild that cushion during retirement if you want to get back to a place where you have at least enough saved to cover 12 to 24 months’ worth of expenses.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Spending $210,000 of your cash would leave you with a $90,000 cushion.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

These are easy questions to ask from the comfort of a living room or the cushion of a theater seat, but much harder to answer when you’re living the life.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Roughly 100 million iPhone buyers paid for storage upgrades last year, according to IDC estimates, seeking a cushion to support high-resolution videos, content downloads, text attachments and data-hungry apps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Mr. Smiley, startled to see the kids, hastily stuffed an empty cellophane cookie bag behind the couch cushion before flashing them a guilty smile.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

When the U.S. allowed China unfettered access to American markets, Krinsky found suppliers there to deliver what American consumers wanted, including couches with curved backs and longer cushions for stretching out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

The name on the plaque outside the door is now Harding’s, but the decor — particularly the heavy Hollywood Bowl throw blanket that keeps sliding off the cushions behind him — is not.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

She said she had never had an issue before but knew something was amiss when she returned to the property to notice her window was wide open and her sofa cushions in the street.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

The condition gradually damages cartilage, the smooth, protective tissue that cushions the ends of bones and allows joints to move with minimal friction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

He arranged the cushions, straightened the sofa, tidied the books and papers on the table.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Once Mr. Vlasenko reached safety, a cushioned land drone helped him move to an ambulance from the hexacopter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Normally, but not always, companies and individuals are cushioned by the Treasury bond market when it seems like a slowdown is brewing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Right now, stocks have been cushioned from rising bond yields because earnings growth has offset the P/E multiple contraction caused by higher rates, while bond-market volatility has remained subdued.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

"Had these buffers been in place, today's supply shock would have been substantially cushioned," Cofek says.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Late one afternoon, after a long period in a cushioned window seat behind a painted screen, I emerge and turn left instead of right.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

The day prior, they filmed Rocky’s sprint along the harbor, which Ippolito still can’t believe Stallone did wearing ’70s-era Converse: flat-bottomed shoes that have no cushioning or support for running.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Nigeria's finance minister unveiled a raft of measures Thursday aimed at cushioning against energy shocks as the country prepares to go to the polls, including a petrol discount for public transport operators.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Its parachutes and cushioning airbags had deployed as planned.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

“That’s kind of cushioning the blow,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

The radio came to life, cushioning the space between us with soft, bluesy jazz.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx