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demarcate

[dih-mahr-keyt, dee-mahr-keyt] / dɪˈmɑr keɪt, ˈdi mɑrˌkeɪt /


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To demarcate the borders of his $15 million deal, Jefferson sent out a Corps of Discovery—including young U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

These demarcate dates at which relative power-unit performance will be assessed, with those trailing by more than specific amounts of performance given the chance to undertake extra development.

From BBC Mar. 14, 2026

Like their Jedi namesake, Skywalker gibbons cannot swim, so rivers tend to demarcate their species boundaries.

From Science Daily Feb. 14, 2024

The second, published in Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity on Nov. 30, took those qualitative findings and attempted to demarcate four discrete subtypes or pathways for detransition.

From Slate Dec. 1, 2023

That a mixed commission of British and Afghan officers should determine and demarcate the Amir's frontier.

From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Frederick Sleigh Roberts

The Yellow Line demarcates territory in Gaza still under Israeli control under the ceasefire deal.

From BBC Jan. 21, 2026

The so-called yellow line demarcates the boundary inside the Gaza Strip that Israeli troops have withdrawn behind, as part of the US-brokered ceasefire.

From Barron's Nov. 20, 2025

The grassy edge that usually demarcates the outline of a bunker was so trampled down Johnson assumed it was a footpath.

From Seattle Times Sep. 26, 2021

This is because consciousness in her view is a watershed that demarcates “special legal and ethical obligations” for its makers and users.

From Washington Post Nov. 21, 2019

The Devils Thumb demarcates the Alaska-British Columbia border east of Petersburg, a fishing village accessible only by boat or plane.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

What was once a regional sport with deep roots and clearly demarcated borders has morphed into a sprawling battle where geography and tradition have been pushed into the background.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 8, 2025

The Comoe River clearly delimits part of the northeastern frontier between Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso -- but the land border is poorly demarcated.

From Barron's Oct. 20, 2025

This absence distorts time or those edges of days or weeks or months that were once so clearly demarcated.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2024

Content is demarcated by categories like “Movies,” “Comedy,” “Classic TV,” “Sci-Fi,” “Reality,” and “Season’s Greetings,” for those longing to fulfill their Hallmark and Lifetime Christmas movie cravings.

From Slate Dec. 24, 2023

From the great plaza radiated four highways that demarcated the four asymmetrical sectors into which he divided the empire, Tawantinsuyu, “Land of the Four Quarters.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Indigenous leaders say its return highlights the importance of demarcating their ancestral lands to keep their traditions alive.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2024

Recognizing and demarcating Indigenous lands leads to reduced deforestation and increased reforestation.

From Salon Jan. 29, 2023

The Parakana credit him for demarcating their reserve in 2007, ending a decade-long struggle for land rights.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid says U.S. mediation has clinched a deal with Lebanon demarcating the maritime boundary, calling it a historic agreement.

From Reuters Oct. 11, 2022

The light flickered over the paper as the old woman crouched down and stared at the lines demarcating the Great Wood, the river Nir, the Kell.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo




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