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

Oil stocks at Cushing, Okla., the Nymex delivery hub, fell by 1.7 million barrels to 27.4 million barrels.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

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, were up by 520,000 barrels at 31.5 million barrels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Data released Wednesday from the Energy Information Administration show that U.S. crude inventories at Cushing, where WTI is priced, rose to an 18-month high.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 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