demarcate

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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

He also expressed hope that Bhutan and China will be able to demarcate some of its boundaries in a meeting or two.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2023

Doing so would mark a sharp change in policy from the previous administration of Jair Bolsonaro, who did not demarcate any land for them during his presidency.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2023

It seems likely that just this deliberate practice may serve to more clearly demarcate truth from falsehood in the individual's mind.

From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by Healy, William