as in indication
a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)
taking a cue from nature, scientists are developing safe and effective insecticides using insect hormones
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Melody Wilding, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Buzz takes its design cues from the famed VW minibus, originally released in 1950.
—Craig Wilson, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
EW.com, 1 Oct. 2024
So either the Legislature has to come in with a cleanup that includes money (cue the laugh track).
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
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Noun
For example, humor is a task cue that reflects both.
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Later in the interview, Behar also cued up a clip of McKinnon impersonating her on a past season of SNL, and rejoiced over the fact that, after Fred Armisen portrayed her on the sketch comedy series in the past, finally a woman had taken on the role on the show.
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Interestingly enough, aside from the clear win in Photoshop, the rest of the M4 Pro's small victories were in single-core performance tests, which lines up with Apple's recent claims of the single fastest CPU core in computing.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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In the exclusive photo above, writer, director and Producer Michael Russell Gunn lines up a shot with cinematographer Magdalena Görka looking over his shoulder at the Blue Lagoon in Iceland.Stuart Miller, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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Data is queued on an endpoint until it can be successfully shared with the cloud, and data is now collected every few minutes to every few hours.Douglas Murray, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Concrete trucks routinely queued up on nearby streets before departing right on La Brea Avenue with their agitator drums turning.Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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Yet this conveniently aligns with a desire not to expand life on Svalbard, according to Blomdahl.Yahya Salem, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
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Its main thumbstick and D-Pad were aligned for easy reach, while the four C-buttons of its predecessor evolved into their final form, the C-stick, a long-overdue second thumbstick that allowed for better camera controls.Matt Kamen, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
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Today, the team has been able to sequence a genome that is more than 99.9 percent complete, with just 45 gaps left to close.Scott Travers, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Nelsen said a few members of the club are working on a project to sequence the DNA of Chicagoland fungi.Peter Breen, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Cue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cue. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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