I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cushion the effect of sth (= make it less bad )
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Lower mortgage rates will cushion the effect of rising house prices.
scatter cushion
soften/cushion the blow (= make it easier to deal with )
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There are various ways to soften the blow of redundancy among staff.
whoopee cushion
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
cover
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To complement such styles, Belinda Coote has a lovely range of wall-hanging tapestries and cushion covers .
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As well as sweaters you can make toys, baby clothes, cushion covers and all sorts of craft and household items.
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And why else should the cushion covers have been ripped off?
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It will no doubt suit a good top coat, or perhaps cushion covers or possibly a bed cover.
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She ripped a cushion cover into strips and used them to make a gag.
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Attach to the perimeter of the cushion cover .
seat
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However, some passenger seat cushions and a significant number of passengers' bodies were recovered and taken to Rhodes.
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The football fans at the Super Bowl this month will find an unusual giveaway tucked under their seat cushions .
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The flattening of the seat cushion at this instant is owed to the driver's weight at a prior instant.
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One of the seat cushions had fallen off the sofa during the night.
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Make ties to fasten simple slip covers for chairs or to tie seat cushions to chair backs.
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Sections of the aircraft had already been recovered and tests revealed traces of explosives in seat cushions and luggage.
■ VERB
give
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Maintenance contracts now give the company a cushion of £1.5m of income.
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This gave them a cushion of safety but often meant that the opposition found it easier to make space in midfield.
sit
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I laughed silently as I sat against a hard cushion in the palm-frond house looking at the brown eyes around me.
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He could not, even when he sat on two cushions , sit easily.
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Ari nodded and sat down on the cushions .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Good shoes should provide a cushion when running on concrete.
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She sat cross-legged on a cushion on the floor.
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The Red Wings had a three-point cushion in the second period.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Benjy pushed the cushions back on to the couch.
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I made out what I could: My dear Irene, Thank you again for the cushions.
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In the familiar blue nightgown and flannel robe, Aunt Mary, propped against a cushion , sat next to me.
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Paul settles on a red and black cushion .
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She hid it under cushions, in vases, under the stair carpet, and then forgot where she had put it.
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The cushion was embroidered with a pattern of golden keys.
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The guests were offered cushions on the floor.
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To build up a bigger financial cushion for emergencies.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
blow
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To cushion the blow , wages and pensions were increased.
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Additionally, two presidential decrees on March 23 had been designed to cushion the blow of the price rises.
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There was no way to cushion the blow .
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Even where price increases have taken place, retailers with good stocks may be able to cushion the blow for a while.
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The thick, air-filled bone of the skull helps to cushion the blow .
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Many firms, it says, cushion the blow with new bonus schemes or lump sum payments.
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Colonel Goreng broke the news to me, making no effort to cushion the blow .
impact
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Olszewski said on Jan. 6 that the government was planning compensation to cushion the impact of the rises.
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Parachutes, a pair of small rockets and air bags will cushion its impact .
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Peasants were also able to cushion the impact of indirect taxes by falling back on barter and home products when necessary.
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It would take all we had just to cushion the impact .
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Not surprisingly, there was enormous backbench pressure on the leadership either to amend the poll tax or to cushion its impact .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
soften/cushion the blow
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Some of the money will be used to soften the blow of budget cuts to education.
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Additionally, two presidential decrees on March 23 had been designed to cushion the blow of the price rises.
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Even where price increases have taken place, retailers with good stocks may be able to cushion the blow for a while.
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Factories had closed, and thousands were out of work, without unemployment insurance to soften the blow .
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Help, or soften the blow .?
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Letting some one resign is a way to soften the blow .
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To cushion the blow , wages and pensions were increased.
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Try starting with a pat on the back to soften the blow of criticism.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Mattresses on the ground cushioned his fall.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the spoils are enough to cushion the realisation that she will never be totally free of this marriage.
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Parachutes, a pair of small rockets and air bags will cushion its impact.
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To cushion the blow, wages and pensions were increased.
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Would she ring the warning bell that cushioned the little fellow from the worst of it?