as in subtle
barely perceptible by a sense or by the mind
They studied how the subjects were affected by different sounds played at liminal intensity.
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Alas, the lines between fiction, reality, and the liminal spaces Kaufman creates between them soon become indistinguishable as Caden spirals out.
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Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
The liminal dreamscape of the claim and horse form the narrative’s hub while the flashbacks are spokes that fly to the edge of Al’s consciousness.
—Hamilton Cain, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
These are not quite nightmares, and not quite reveries, but images dispatched from some liminal zone between the two, which is perhaps where the murky waters of our minds run the deepest.
—Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic’s Books section:
Eight books that will change your perspective
The particular ways that being rich screws you up
The liminal life of the expat
Never miss a story.
—Maya Chung, The Atlantic, 12 July 2024
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Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
The liminal dreamscape of the claim and horse form the narrative’s hub while the flashbacks are spokes that fly to the edge of Al’s consciousness.
—Hamilton Cain, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
These are not quite nightmares, and not quite reveries, but images dispatched from some liminal zone between the two, which is perhaps where the murky waters of our minds run the deepest.
—Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic’s Books section:
Eight books that will change your perspective
The particular ways that being rich screws you up
The liminal life of the expat
Never miss a story.
—Maya Chung, The Atlantic, 12 July 2024
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“Liminal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liminal. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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