delineate
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You can delineate these bequests in a will or in a trust, but either way, the designated administrator becomes responsible for distributing the items and can be held accountable if things go missing.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025
The five charts below delineate risks to the labor market, but also illustrate some positive points.
From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025
But much of the border, especially in northeastern New York, is flat and barren, dotted with just woods or open fields where simple stone markers delineate the boundary.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024
"Culturally and socially they are completely intertwined. It would be impossible to delineate where one kinship network begins and ends," Lowy Institute Pacific Islands project director Mihai Sora told the BBC.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2024
“But not now. We’re satisfied ourselves that it will delineate the Nexus-6 types and we’d like you to proceed on that basis in your own particular, peculiar work.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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