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cushy

[koosh-ee] / ˈkʊʃ i /
ADJECTIVE
lush, comfortable
Synonyms


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It's been two and a half years since Neymar wore the famous jersey - and what a cushy way to make his return.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Ernst Baerwald’s odyssey from a cushy childhood in Frankfurt to his final days in a beautiful Berkeley mansion, with a long sojourn in Tokyo along the way, reads like, well, a novel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

Bilt, known among card enthusiasts for its cushy rewards, rolled out new cards in February after its partnership with Wells Fargo ended earlier than expected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Losing my cushy tech compensation package was obviously a huge hit.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

The house was one story, with high ceilings, a living room lined with cushy gray sofas, and a big dining room with a long wooden table.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

His ideal trip would be cushier than those national park tours and combine active outdoor excursions with relaxed cabin time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025

Who doesn’t want a cushier retirement or an easier way to pay for that gym membership?

From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2025

However, the Ariya is the more comfortable of these two EVs thanks to a smoother ride and cushier front seats.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2023

Amy has a cushier living situation, but her stressors are not so different.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023

His former marquee employees — Reince Priebus, Sean Spicer, Stephen K. Bannon and, yes, Scaramucci — have not climbed into cushier positions with the White House on their résumés.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2018

You must conclude that the elite college football coach — and even the pretty good one — has the cushiest job of all.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2022

But in return for his cooperation, he has been serving his sentence in a medium-security prison that Mr. McDugle and others said is about the cushiest incarceration location in the state.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 17, 2021

The content is not the same, but in both cases Americans are inhabiting a world in which one of the cushiest rewards for doing politics is to get into content creation, whatever form it takes.

From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2021

The federal prison is located roughly 70 miles northwest of city of the New York and has been called one of America's "cushiest" prisons.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2019

I've been a sailor, a 'traveller,' a waiter, a scene-shifter, and a shover, and I don't know which was the cushiest job.

From The Burning Spear by John Galsworthy




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