as in purgatory
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The council is scheduled to hear a briefing about data centers from city staff on June 2 before voting on two zoning measures for the data center that have spent most of this year in limbo after residents, council members, and leaders in nearby cities expressed concerns about the development.
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Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2026
For owners still in limbo over what really works in Italy, answering the Corvino conundrum is simultaneously simple and perplexingly hard.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 12 May 2026
The bill passed the Legislature but hasn't been sent to DeSantis' desk, leaving the fund in limbo still.
—CBS News, 12 May 2026
After being stuck in production limbo, Rush Hour 4 follows the franchise's second and third installments, released in 2001 and 2007, respectively.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
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Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2026
For owners still in limbo over what really works in Italy, answering the Corvino conundrum is simultaneously simple and perplexingly hard.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 12 May 2026
The bill passed the Legislature but hasn't been sent to DeSantis' desk, leaving the fund in limbo still.
—CBS News, 12 May 2026
After being stuck in production limbo, Rush Hour 4 follows the franchise's second and third installments, released in 2001 and 2007, respectively.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for limbo
Noun
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The other 800 were stalled in approval purgatory or were paper copies that had literally blown away.—
Jerry Dolinsky,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Although a lot of software is still in AI-purgatory, stocks like FTNT, PANW and CRWD are clawing their way back.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Twenty-six years earlier, a roaring inferno engulfed a Monte Carlo penthouse killing a billionaire and his private nurse.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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The fire is believed to have started in the kitchen on the second floor, but the cause of the inferno has not yet been determined, per CBS News.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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“Limbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limbo. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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