liminal
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“The importance of not rushing girlhood,” Ms. FitzSimons writes, “that liminal phase after the haze of early childhood but before boy-crazy adolescence” was a personal cause for American Girl’s creator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
I started becoming really intrigued by the concept of liminal space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Intellectual barriers to faith are most likely to recede at certain liminal moments when the emotional or spiritual pull takes over, and tradition and community assume more importance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
His desire to create “boundary-pushing music” occupies most of his imagination, waking and liminal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Most were happy enough with what they understood of their liminal existence and did not seek help from seers.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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