limbo

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for limbo
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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