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
The line between comedy and music, always porous, has been looking extra liminal lately.
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
Pools is an absorbing take on the constricting liminal space horror of the Backrooms trend, though one that’s more unnerving than truly terrifying.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
The film is otherwise measured, outright crisp in its cerebral plunge into the liminal spaces of modern sexuality.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
The blank page becomes a liminal territory where the very essence of artistic identity undergoes alchemical transformation through the crucible of motherhood.
—Fidan Cheikosman, JSTOR Daily, 1 Jan. 2025
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
Pools is an absorbing take on the constricting liminal space horror of the Backrooms trend, though one that’s more unnerving than truly terrifying.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
The film is otherwise measured, outright crisp in its cerebral plunge into the liminal spaces of modern sexuality.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
The blank page becomes a liminal territory where the very essence of artistic identity undergoes alchemical transformation through the crucible of motherhood.
—Fidan Cheikosman, JSTOR Daily, 1 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liminal
Adjective
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Kennedy’s subversion of vaccines, subtle at times, glaring at others, goes far beyond the measles outbreak.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Struggling to read greens by consistently missing left or right is aided by digital green readers that retrain your brain to read the subtle undulations of the green.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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My duties typically involved being sent to the nearby New York Public Library to hunt down some faint memory scratching at Carter’s brain.—
Seth Abramovitch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Mar. 2025
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Most of the files are scans of documents, and some are blurred or have become faint or difficult to read in the decades since Kennedy's assassination.—
Joel Shannon,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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For vacant properties that aren’t condemned, firefighters must wait for a report about the conditions at the back of a building, which could reveal dangers unseen from the front.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Mar. 2025
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Their usual intent when capturing photographic evidence of previously unseen creatures is data collection.—
Carlos Aguilar,
IndieWire,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Making one bet at a slight little edge is not going to have a huge effect on someone's bracket.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
20 Mar. 2025
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Here, again, there were slight differences in the responses when broken down by party affiliation.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Bureau staff spot tricks and traps that are invisible to the untrained eye.—
Mike Calhoun,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2025
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Instead, genetics and environment work in a dynamic loop, each shaping the other in constant, invisible, and powerful ways that ripple across our lives.—
Dalton Conley,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Liminal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liminal. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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