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demarcation

[dee-mahr-kay-shuhn] / ˌdi mɑrˈkeɪ ʃən /


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The explosions occurred, Seoul said, about 30 feet south of the military demarcation line on South Korea’s side amid an uptick of North Korean activity in that part of the DMZ.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The star and showrunner of “Girls” is the best possible line of demarcation for “millennial art” for meta-textual and arithmetic reasons.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Deputy Commissioner Phukan says the administration had complied with the court's demarcation order and would abide by any further directions.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

But now the Yellow Line — the demarcation indicating the limit of Israel’s military zone in Gaza — was barely 100 yards from Ashraf Al-Louh’s shelter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

First, because each stage grows out of some previous stage, the lines of demarcation are inevitably arbitrary.

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


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