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cue in

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  1. Give information or instructions, for example, She said she'd cue us in on their summer plans. This verbal use of the noun cue in the sense of “guiding suggestion” dates from the 1920s.


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The Englishman, 49, was defeated 17-7 by Zhao Xintong in the World Championship semi-finals in Sheffield on Friday in his first tournament since snapping his cue in frustration at the Championship League in January.

From BBC • May 3, 2025

Thesefindings are the first example of static electricity being used as a sensory cue in a predator-prey interaction.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2024

Depending on what researchers said to them, participants in the study would either smile or frown on cue in certain phases of sleep.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2023

Page’s book arrives, as if on cue, in a moment when the trans community is facing even more danger than when he started writing it just over a year ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2023

On the stage, Mr. Shakespeare gave the cue in his hollow ghost's voice: "Adieu, adieu, adieu. Remember me."

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

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