Cushing

American  

[koosh-ing] / ˈkʊʃ ɪŋ /

noun

1. Caleb, 1800–79, U.S. statesman and diplomat.

2. Harvey (Williams), 1869–1939, U.S. surgeon and author.

3. Richard James, 1895–1970, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: cardinal 1958–70; archbishop of Boston 1944–70.

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Cushing British  

/ ˈkʊʃɪŋ /

noun

1. Harvey Williams. 1869–1939, US neurosurgeon: identified a pituitary tumour as a cause of the disease named after him

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Example Sentences

Films including The Mummy, The Curse of Frankenstein and Dracula became global box-office hits, starring actors including Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Oil stocks at Cushing, Okla., the Nymex delivery hub, fell by 796,000 barrels to 29.8 million barrels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Oil stocks at Cushing, Okla., the Nymex delivery hub, rose by 3.4 million barrels to 30.9 million barrels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Brent crude, the global benchmark reflecting prices for oil pumped in Europe, trades at a historically wide $12 per barrel premium over the WTI American benchmark, traded in Cushing, Okla.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

John Lawrence became interested in radiation medicine through his work with the pioneering neurosurgeon Harvey Williams Cushing at Harvard.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik