delineated

Example Sentences

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Bezos has been more traditional, more delineated, like the crisp documents he famously wanted for discussions at Amazon’s meetings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

The front of the coin will feature Trump in profile, with his trademark 1967 Las Vegas lounge act hairstyle delineated in fine detail.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025

The wildfire–urban fire distinction matters because it determines both who is vulnerable to such disasters—a much broader section of neighborhoods than is delineated by fire-risk maps—and how to address the problem.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2025

"Brain areas involved in processing numbers can be delineated and extra care taken to avoid damaging these areas during neurosurgical interventions," said lead author Alexander Rockhill, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher in Raslan's lab.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024

Nevertheless, arbitrarily delineated stages provide a useful shorthand for discussing the diversity of music and of human societies, provided one bears in mind the above caveats.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond