as in subtle
barely perceptible by a sense or by the mind
They studied how the subjects were affected by different sounds played at liminal intensity.
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Recent Examples of liminal
Released in January, Great Doubt felt more vital with each passing month, as 2024 became even more unsettled and liminal.
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Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
Inspired by creepypastas, liminal spaces and films such as the Blair Witch Project, analog horror has been steadily becoming more mainstream over the years, and YouTube has played a major part in its rise.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
For the installation-performance hybrid, guests were directed to the exhibition space, a waiting room replica, by ushers who never returned to collect them, producing the banal anxiety of liminal, unstructured time.
—Phoebe Chen, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2024
What Ryan showed us all [so far] was a sort of nightmare, fever dream, surreal liminal version of our reality.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
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Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
Inspired by creepypastas, liminal spaces and films such as the Blair Witch Project, analog horror has been steadily becoming more mainstream over the years, and YouTube has played a major part in its rise.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
For the installation-performance hybrid, guests were directed to the exhibition space, a waiting room replica, by ushers who never returned to collect them, producing the banal anxiety of liminal, unstructured time.
—Phoebe Chen, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2024
What Ryan showed us all [so far] was a sort of nightmare, fever dream, surreal liminal version of our reality.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for liminal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liminal
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But planet-scale warming is probably affecting weather basically every day, even if the impacts are subtle.Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 13 Jan. 2025
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Cacio e pepe, with its Parmesan and black pepper, is more subtle.Lauryn Azu, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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These include detailed observations of the super-heated plasma that fills the space between galaxies — known as the intracluster medium — and faint light emitted by a nearby supernova remnant.Victoria Corless, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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The early fixtures are pretty low-key, although there is the faint whiff of a prospective upset with League One Peterborough against increasingly beleaguered Everton.Nick Miller, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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Geopolitical change will continue, and new risks will arise even as current risks are addressed – Events once thought rare are occurring more often and at scales previously unseen, impacting business strategy and operations in complex and nonlinear ways that vary by country and sector.John M. Bremen, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Prince William praised his wife in a message shared to social media on her Jan. 9 birthday and posted a previously unseen photo of her by one of their go-to photographers, Matt Porteous.Janine Henni, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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California saw a slight decrease in unemployment from October to November 2024, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Labor.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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With a new host and a relatively politics-free show, this year’s Golden Globe Awards drew 9.3 million viewers, a slight decline compared to 2024, according to Nielsen data.Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Dark matter, meanwhile, refers to the mysterious and invisible substance that seems to hold galaxies together.Victoria Corless, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Essay My Mother's Disappearances Lisa Coxon Children like me, whose parents suffer from mental health issues, often become invisible ourselves.Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Liminal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liminal. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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