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

"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

It occurred Tuesday on the northern tip of the shared island near one of more than 300 concrete barriers that delineate the border.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

“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