on the cusp [kuhsp]
phase. at the point in time that marks the beginning of something
"Hillary Clinton stands on the cusp of history as the first woman to be the presidential nominee of a major US political party."
"Philadelphia is on the cusp of becoming the first large city in the U.S. to pass a soda tax."
"The transistor was on the cusp of a new age in electronics."
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