as in purgatory
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Recent Examples of limbo
There could be major changes in regulations and incentives for EVs if Trump regains power, a fact that’s placed the industry in a temporary limbo.
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Hugh Son, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2024
That leaves them in legal limbo with only the biological parent registered on their birth certificates, forcing the other to embark on the lengthy and costly process of adoption.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 17 Oct. 2024
But that issue remains in legal limbo after the Illinois Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that found the measure unconstitutional.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 16 Oct. 2024
But the agency has been dependent on an unstable source of funding amid stopgap limbo, Mayorkas said.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 6 Oct. 2024
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Hugh Son, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2024
That leaves them in legal limbo with only the biological parent registered on their birth certificates, forcing the other to embark on the lengthy and costly process of adoption.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 17 Oct. 2024
But that issue remains in legal limbo after the Illinois Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that found the measure unconstitutional.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 16 Oct. 2024
But the agency has been dependent on an unstable source of funding amid stopgap limbo, Mayorkas said.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Limbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limbo. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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