cushion
Example Sentences
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One, that the trust fund had decades of cushion to be fixed.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
“Solving it with lower leverage rather than price makes sense to us because if you start out conservative, it gives you more cushion if you’re wrong.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
At 71, that’s a nice cushion to have for emergency expenses, trips like this one and a legacy for your children and grandchildren.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
In the 2000s, subprime mortgages were extended to millions of Americans, many of them first-time homebuyers with limited financial sophistication and almost no financial cushion to weather real estate depreciation.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
She set her book aside and revealed a wrapped gift she’d hidden under the cushion.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing cushion
"Icarus's Flight," Vocabulary from the poem
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 10
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