Cushing
Americannoun
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Caleb, 1800–79, U.S. statesman and diplomat.
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Harvey (Williams), 1869–1939, U.S. surgeon and author.
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Richard James, 1895–1970, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: cardinal 1958–70; archbishop of Boston 1944–70.
noun
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At the key storage hub in Cushing, Okla., inventories have dropped to 21 million barrels, down roughly 1 million barrels in the latest week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026
Inventories at Cushing, Okla., the delivery hub for U.S. crude futures, are approaching levels at which storage and pipeline operations can become more difficult.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
Tank bottoms at Cushing would be a wake-up call that inventories are dangerously low.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
Oil stocks at Cushing, Okla., the Nymex delivery hub, were down by 583,000 barrels at 22.4 million barrels.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 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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