delimit

Example Sentences

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It’s a funny line, but it’s also as if he has delimited the four-year age window within which his situation will cease to be amusing.

From New York Times

The line delimiting the old city boundaries will run near where women sell corn tortillas, whose ingredients have varied not at all since the Aztecs.

From Seattle Times

How does one delimit the world when language isn’t enough?

From New York Times

Those tensions subsided after Turkey pulled the research vessel back, opening a window for negotiations on delimiting the two countries’ maritime borders.

From Seattle Times

There is no agreement between Greece and Turkey delimiting their continental shelves, while Turkey disputes any claims by Cyprus, with which it has no diplomatic relations.

From Reuters