cueing

British

/ ˈkjuːɪŋ /

noun

another name for foldback

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"He showed what can be achieved if you work hard at it, because snooker is hard work. It takes hours and hours of practice just to get your cueing straight."

From BBC

In Canada, McLaren introduced a tweak to the front suspension geometry aimed specifically at reducing the "numbness" or "lack of cueing" the drivers were feeling.

From BBC

She rehearses obsessively at home, cueing up a song, then running into an adjacent room to sing, so she can't cheat on the mixes.

From BBC

He added: "Just to make sure that my point is clear, it's a car that doesn't give you much 'cueing', which is the technical word we use, and this means that it's not easy for our drivers to repeat some big performances that we can see in individual laps."

From BBC

Watching those early episodes now feels a little like cueing up some Sarah McLachlan and watching a soggy slideshow at a graduation: Were we ever so young?

From Slate

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