as in purgatory
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Recent Examples of limbo
No available funding has been found, those people said, and the office remains in limbo.
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Chelsea Cirruzzo,
STAT,
25 June 2026
For now, a bipartisan housing bill and the renewal of a key spy program have become casualties of those standoffs, and their fate was in limbo as Senate Republicans left for the July 4 recess.
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David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
25 June 2026
While analysts had expected the exercise to have little immediate impact, in a sign of confidence, banks opted to proceed with payout increases, despite the regulatory limbo.
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Hugh Son,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
With his fledgling career in limbo, van Dongen simply wanted answers.
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Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
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Chelsea Cirruzzo,
STAT,
25 June 2026
For now, a bipartisan housing bill and the renewal of a key spy program have become casualties of those standoffs, and their fate was in limbo as Senate Republicans left for the July 4 recess.
—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
25 June 2026
While analysts had expected the exercise to have little immediate impact, in a sign of confidence, banks opted to proceed with payout increases, despite the regulatory limbo.
—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
With his fledgling career in limbo, van Dongen simply wanted answers.
—
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for limbo
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Four straight years stuck in play-in purgatory can do that.
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After spending the past few seasons in rebuilding purgatory, the Utah Jazz are poised to get back into the NBA playoff mix in 2026-27.
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Bass was in Ghana when the deadly inferno erupted.
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The fire initially grew into a huge inferno, creating a pillar of thick, black smoke that could be seen for miles.
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“Limbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limbo. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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