as in purgatory
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Recent Examples of limbo
In some ways, this year felt like limbo to investors.
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Drew O'Connor, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
For a year, the show hung in limbo, until February, when Pushkin Industries, the company founded by Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Weisberg (and now led by Gretta Cohn), stepped in to revive it.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Additionally, the blood oxygen sensor is now back and working after over a year of legal limbo.
—PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Geoff Cooper, the chair of British electrical retailer AO World, will head the board of Channel 4, ending months of leadership limbo at the network.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
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Drew O'Connor, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
For a year, the show hung in limbo, until February, when Pushkin Industries, the company founded by Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Weisberg (and now led by Gretta Cohn), stepped in to revive it.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Additionally, the blood oxygen sensor is now back and working after over a year of legal limbo.
—PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Geoff Cooper, the chair of British electrical retailer AO World, will head the board of Channel 4, ending months of leadership limbo at the network.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for limbo
Noun
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The refining assets could require expensive maintenance upgrades after several years of legal purgatory, Gelder said.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Marrazzo isn’t alone in purgatory.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The rain, along with a phalanx of firefighters, wasn’t enough to stop the inferno that resulted.—
Tony Sachs,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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To the north, firefighters have had more luck against the Zogg Fire, a similarly fast-moving inferno that has killed four people.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Limbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limbo. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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