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The so-called yellow line demarcates the boundary inside the Gaza Strip that Israeli troops have withdrawn behind, as part of the US-brokered ceasefire.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