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

He said oil ships operate in “territory that is yet to be delimited.”

From Washington Post

Said Thomas, speaking for the majority: “The government must affirmatively prove that its firearms regulation is part of the historical tradition that delimits the outer bounds of the right to keep and bear arms.”

From Washington Post

“The government must affirmatively prove that its firearms regulation is part of the historical tradition that delimits the outer bounds of the right to keep and bear arms,” Justice Thomas wrote.

From Washington Times

“A scientist’s explanations about other animals are dictated by the data she collects, which are influenced by the questions she asks, which are steered by her imagination, which is delimited by her senses,” Yong writes.

From New York Times