as in purgatory
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Recent Examples of limbo
Now, those protections are effectively gone, even as no official timeline or guidance has been provided, leaving TPS holders, their families and employers in legal limbo.
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Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
The Great North, currently in its fifth season, has had the longest run of the Fox shows currently in renewal/cancellation limbo.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
But a series of missteps by the institution responsible for licensing lawyers has thrown thousands of nascent legal careers into a frustrating limbo.
—Orlando Mayorquín, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The 48–49 vote left the measure in legislative limbo, blocking further consideration despite broad agreement on the need for stablecoin oversight.
—Tonya M. Evans, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
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Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
The Great North, currently in its fifth season, has had the longest run of the Fox shows currently in renewal/cancellation limbo.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
But a series of missteps by the institution responsible for licensing lawyers has thrown thousands of nascent legal careers into a frustrating limbo.
—Orlando Mayorquín, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The 48–49 vote left the measure in legislative limbo, blocking further consideration despite broad agreement on the need for stablecoin oversight.
—Tonya M. Evans, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for limbo
Noun
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The video plays clips of the Weeknd singing the haunting lyrics in front of several cement backdrops that show the star stuck in a sort of purgatory.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
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However, without first thinking about how AI can enable extraordinary outcomes through becoming good at something, being present and reassessing goals, many companies will unintentionally find themselves in an AI purgatory of their own making.—
Michael Hicks,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
Noun
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Can Verdugo, known for intensity — if not a full-on internal inferno like Donaldson, at least a flame — have any semblance of such impact on this team?—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Courtesy Andrea-Marie Stark Stark’s house is one of several that survived the inferno on her block, but its proximity to the flames meant everything inside was coated with a thick layer of soot.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC News,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Limbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limbo. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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