third space
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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As Weibo’s popularity exploded in 2010, the internet seemed like “a third space unshackled by the rules that bound the rest of the nation’s institutions.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
“Leanne,” like her brand, is PG-rated and depicts its small church as a third space where friends and neighbors exercise and socialize.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2025
“It’s like that mythical third space that everyone has been whining about.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
And it isn’t in the form of run clubs, which have become the tantamount third space for sparking romance.
From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2024
If you bleed into the third space, you bleed into the space between the skin and the flesh.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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