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limbo

[lim-boh] / ˈlɪm boʊ /


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He continues to like the business for being able to grow its Ebitda after exiting its restructuring limbo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

It was in a state of limbo for months last year as Harris, one of the state’s most high-profile politicians, weighed whether to jump in.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

"This confusion, this limbo haunts us," he said, describing the absence of closure about what had happened.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Now stocks are entering a limbo period—the gap between the end of one earnings season and the beginning of the next.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Otherwise you’re nobody, nothing, a potato vegetating in your seven-by-ten limbo.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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