Jon Tester

I would love to tell you this country is on the cusp of coming together, but it isn't. But I can tell you that we need to work together in this country. We need to hold people accountable for their actions, and that will be done. And we need to move forward in a way that we have the strongest middle class ever.

American Politician

Clive Lewis

The 21st century has more potential than perhaps any other in our brief evolutionary history. We stand on the cusp of computing, genetic and energy generation breakthroughs that were only recently in the realm of science-fiction. A golden age of humanity is tantalisingly within our grasp.

Gwynne Shotwell

You can't be on the cusp of innovation and at the forefront of technology if you're wearing blinders. If you don't have an exploration program where you're exploring your world here on Earth, underwater, and in space, then you're wearing blinders and handicapping yourself.

American Businesswoman

Kathryn Prescott

These people living on the streets could have been friends you once knew. They are people who have somehow fallen through the gaps and found themselves, often through unimaginable circumstances, on the cusp of existence. In another reality, this could easily be me or you.

English Actress

Ernest Cline

I'm surprised that VR has come about so quickly. It's lucky I just happened to write a book imagining virtual reality right on the cusp of it actually happening.

American Novelist

Jeremy Rifkin

What I'm suggesting to you is that this could be a renaissance. We may be on the cusp of a future which could provide a tremendous leap forward for humanity.

American Economist

Kevin Barry

I don't quite operate within the realist mode. I kind of push the stories out towards the cusp of believability - that's the area of interest for me.

Irish Author

James Turrell

Each day is a different length of time and that gives a different length to the cusp between light and darkness or darkness and light.

American Artist

Passenger

I don't think I've ever really fitted into the industry and the scene. I feel like I've always been on the cusp.

English Musician

Jennifer Granholm

We're on the cusp, on the brink, of enormous change in this country.

Indicates an important change is about to happen, often in a positive light.

Imminent Transition

Used for the exact moment when change begins, emphasizing a specific time or event.

Precise Moment

Often used metaphorically to describe intangible or abstract transitions.

Metaphorical Usage

Describes a physical sharp end; very literal, unlike metaphorical uses in other contexts.

Literal Edge

Used in astrology to talk about people's birth dates that fall near the zodiac sign change.

Specific to Astrology

In astrology, it implies a person has a mix of characteristics from neighboring zodiac signs.

Personality Traits

A term for a specific point in mathematical graphs; not relevant for everyday conversations.

Mathematical Concept

It specifies a point on a curve where the direction or shape of the curve abruptly changes.

Sudden Change

Refers specifically to a feature of teeth, not to be confused with 'gum' or other parts.

Dental Anatomy

While it can be on any tooth, it's commonly associated with the molar teeth's chewing surfaces.

Molar Specific

 he was still on the boat, locked in that jail cell. He was on the cusp of losing everything, and he was about to plead guilty, and the Bronx Freedom Fund intervened and paid his bail. Now, reunited with his daughter, he was able to fight his case from outside. Look, it took some time --

What if we ended the...

 keeping people in poverty and potentially pushing people on the cusp of poverty over the edge. Some have suggested this feedback loop could be removed by eliminating government assistance programs altogether. But most agree the solution is neither realistic nor humane.

Why is it so hard to...

 each shaped by evolutionary needs. Straighten the crests and remove the shelf, and you’ve got the conveniently bladed teeth of cats and dogs. Remove the front cusp, raise the shelf, and you’ve got our human molars. A few additional tweaks get you a horse or cow tooth.

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 And I was on the cusp of, sort of, adolescence, so I was starting to take biscuits from the tin without asking. I was starting to stay out a little bit late, etc., etc. Now, in their religiosity, in their naivete, my mom and dad, which I believed them to be forever,

Lemn Sissay: A child of...

 isn't a step at all. That in fact, the people who are young enough to benefit from these first therapies that give this moderate amount of life extension, even though those people are already middle-aged when the therapies arrive, will be at some sort of cusp.

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 And now today, we're on the cusp of our next great era as a species. Welcome to the Augmented Age. In this new era, your natural human capabilities are going to be augmented by computational systems that help you think,

The incredible...

 and to set out for a place far, far away that they had never seen in hopes that life might be better. Migration is usually a young person's endeavor. It's the kind of thing that you do when you're on the cusp of life.

The Great Migration and...

 We'll think we're choosing these things, but the temes are making us do it. So, we're at this cusp now of having a third replicator on our planet. Now, what about what else is going on out there in the universe?

Susan Blackmore: Memes...

 And so my colleagues and I are going to be busy for a very long time. Ultimately, I'm here with a message of hope. We are on the cusp of a revolution. mRNA is about to change the world forever,

Kathryn A. Whitehead:...

 times to mark the four stages of life the fourth and final day brings - inna to the cusp of womanhood she ascends the

Cusp