as in purgatory
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Recent Examples of limbo
Studio Deliberations Studios are split, caught in a limbo state between the promise of efficiency and innovation and the risk.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Even Jason Voorhees, long stuck in legal limbo, was dragged out for a hard-cider ad (yes, really) with an A24 prequel series on the way.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Memphis is home to the region's lone immigration court -- drawing people with a limbo status from all of Tennessee, Arkansas and parts of northern Mississippi.
—Chris Boccia, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2025
With that, the song, which had been building to a crescendo, fades, leaving both the listener and the narrator in uneasy limbo.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Even Jason Voorhees, long stuck in legal limbo, was dragged out for a hard-cider ad (yes, really) with an A24 prequel series on the way.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Memphis is home to the region's lone immigration court -- drawing people with a limbo status from all of Tennessee, Arkansas and parts of northern Mississippi.
—Chris Boccia, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2025
With that, the song, which had been building to a crescendo, fades, leaving both the listener and the narrator in uneasy limbo.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for limbo
Noun
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Franklin, who was hired in 2014 from Vanderbilt, performed a remarkable turnaround at the start of his tenure, lifting the Nittany Lions from post-scandal/NCAA consent decree purgatory to a surprise Big Ten championship in his third season.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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And then, in a baffling combination of play-calling and execution, Payton downshifted Denver’s offense into purgatory for three quarters.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
12 Oct. 2025
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The scrutiny comes after the arrest of Jonathan Rinderknecht, who is accused of setting a smaller blaze six days earlier that authorities say sparked the larger inferno.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Oct. 2025
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His partner also appeared to help pull the man away from the inferno.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Limbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limbo. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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