Cushing

American

[koosh-ing] / ˈkʊʃ ɪŋ /

noun

Caleb, 1800–79, U.S. statesman and diplomat.
Harvey (Williams), 1869–1939, U.S. surgeon and author.
Richard James, 1895–1970, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: cardinal 1958–70; archbishop of Boston 1944–70.

Cushing British

/ ˈkʊʃɪŋ /

noun

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

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Oil stocks at Cushing, Okla., the Nymex delivery hub, increased by 280,000 barrels to 27.3 million barrels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Stocks at the Cushing, Okla., delivery hub rose to 23.7 million barrels from 21.5 million barrels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Oil stocks at Cushing, Okla., the Nymex delivery hub, were up by 1.2 million barrels at 22.4 million barrels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

But Josh Cushing, owner of Goldstone Hall Hotel & Gardens in Shropshire, said grass was "remarkably resilient and won't die because of a period of drought".

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Harvey Cushing was one medical expert who understood the value for physicians of the discoveries of radiation physicists, but in this, as in so many other ways, his foresight was uncommon.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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