as in purgatory
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Recent Examples of limbo
What has happened is that people from the five countries listed above have been left in a state of legal limbo in Greece, without a secure status and often living in conditions of extreme deprivation.
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Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Haitians, Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, and Afghans admitted through Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and humanitarian parole programs now find themselves in a similar state of limbo.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Budgetary concerns notwithstanding, throwing library funding into limbo is a terrible idea.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
The reasons echo a shared unease: fear of being detained, denied entry, or caught in bureaucratic limbo.
—Alex Ashley, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
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Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Haitians, Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, and Afghans admitted through Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and humanitarian parole programs now find themselves in a similar state of limbo.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Budgetary concerns notwithstanding, throwing library funding into limbo is a terrible idea.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
The reasons echo a shared unease: fear of being detained, denied entry, or caught in bureaucratic limbo.
—Alex Ashley, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for limbo
Noun
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This emotional purgatory can last months, or perhaps even years.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The other won two games to advance from play-in purgatory to eke into the playoffs proper and earn the right to experience the hard slap that is a 2-0 hole.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The documentary captures a sheriff’s deputy reminiscing about her car slowing in the middle of an inferno as her tires melted.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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In between those stretches, Minnesota was a blazing inferno, hitting 20 of 35 attempts from beyond the arc to blitz the Lakers in Game 1.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Limbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limbo. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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