as in purgatory
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Recent Examples of limbo
But last year, the case against him in New York was thrown into limbo when the state’s top court overturned his conviction and sent the case back to the Manhattan courthouse.
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Chantelle Lee, Time, 11 June 2025
Cubans had long been allowed to become U.S. residents fairly easily through the Cuban Adjustment Act, but now Trump’s immigration policies have left some Cuban immigrants in legal limbo.
—Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 11 June 2025
The building sat in limbo with a single tenant living there until this past April, when Beach Point Capital, a hedge fund that acquired the debt, purchased it at the foreclosure auction for $90 million.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 2 June 2025
This left over 187,000 Ukrainian parolees in a dangerous legal limbo.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
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Chantelle Lee, Time, 11 June 2025
Cubans had long been allowed to become U.S. residents fairly easily through the Cuban Adjustment Act, but now Trump’s immigration policies have left some Cuban immigrants in legal limbo.
—Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 11 June 2025
The building sat in limbo with a single tenant living there until this past April, when Beach Point Capital, a hedge fund that acquired the debt, purchased it at the foreclosure auction for $90 million.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 2 June 2025
This left over 187,000 Ukrainian parolees in a dangerous legal limbo.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for limbo
Noun
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Take the energy sector, where innovations frequently get stuck in pilot purgatory.—
Steve Smith,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Too sick to return to the wild, the bile bears’ futures were in purgatory, with years left in their life spans but nowhere to go.—
Ryley Graham,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Nearly half a year since the infernos swept through their neighborhoods, thousands of people remain displaced – those like Mr. Quiroz’s mother, who lost homes, and those like Mr. Quiroz and his family, whose homes still stand.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
Christian Science Monitor,
20 June 2025
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But Israel has also widened the scope of its strikes to hit economic targets, turning vital parts of Iran’s fossil fuel infrastructure into infernos.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2025
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“Limbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limbo. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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