as in indication
a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)
taking a cue from nature, scientists are developing safe and effective insecticides using insect hormones
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Recent Examples of cue
Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
Jupiter’s entrance to Cancer is your cue to broaden your horizons.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 9 June 2025
James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
Start cuing up some Matlock reruns to fill all that dead airtime because the Sole Survivor has already been crowned.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Noun
When both the hidden real hand and the visible fake hand are stroked simultaneously with brushes, many people begin to feel that the rubber hand belongs to them, which shows how the brain integrates visual and tactile cues to create a sense of body ownership.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
Jupiter’s entrance to Cancer is your cue to broaden your horizons.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 9 June 2025
Verb
Ralph threatens Alice in The Honeymooners, fist raised, and cue the pre-recorded hoots).
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
Start cuing up some Matlock reruns to fill all that dead airtime because the Sole Survivor has already been crowned.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Verb
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As a young man in his 20s, Dwayne Debnam seemed to have his life lined up.—
Jonathan M. Pitts,
Baltimore Sun,
6 June 2025
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An Atlanta developer’s plan to transform the once-thriving Seminole Towne Center has lined up its first retailer, with Costco under contract to buy a portion of the property and build a new store there.—
Tyler Williams,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 June 2025
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The latter is waiting in Kendall’s apartment with the TV news queued up to a report that a full $400,000 was stolen from the SuperSave.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
5 June 2025
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Fifty passengers queuing at a single desk can create bottlenecks that affect all travelers, not just the group members.—
Stoyan Mitov,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Kennedy, a leading voice in the anti-vaccine movement before becoming the U.S. government’s top health official, has accused the committee of being too closely aligned with vaccine manufacturers and of rubber-stamping vaccines.—
Mike Stobbe,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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Washington may not be 100% aligned with Tel Aviv on every issue, but at the moment there is no criticism from the the White House or Republican members of Congress on Israel’s attacks.—
Javed Ali,
The Conversation,
13 June 2025
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Among them is a service agreement to maintain a gene sequencing device used to develop better cancer treatments.—
Brandon Roberts,
ProPublica,
11 June 2025
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By analyzing the blood samples using extremely accurate and sensitive sequencing techniques, known as a multicancer early detection (MCED) laboratory test, the team found that 8 out of the 52 participants showed early signs of cancer.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
5 June 2025
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“Cue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cue. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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