cushion
Example Sentences
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She likes the idea of building a larger financial cushion, and she has always been frugal.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
So far, tax refunds have helped to somewhat cushion the blow of higher energy prices that helped push inflation to a three-year high, but they won’t last forever.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Policymakers who might have been tempted to cut rates after the ugly February number to cushion the labor market now have less immediate cause for concern.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Lower-income families living from paycheck to paycheck have far less of a financial cushion, if any at all.
From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026
Holding her breath, Mrs. Frisby jumped blindly into the blackness, and felt the cushion of straw under her feet.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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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