: a recommended safety limit : the fastest, farthest, or highest point or degree considered safe
also
: the red line which marks this point on a gauge
redlined; redlining; redlines
: to withhold home-loan funds or insurance from neighborhoods considered poor economic risks
: to discriminate against in housing or insurance
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Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025
Legal’s ability to streamline redlines, templatize agreements and negotiate at scale can directly impact how quickly deals are signed.
—Shashank Bijapur, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Exclusionary zoning practices further reinforced racial segregation, complemented by other systemic racist mechanisms such as redlining and predatory lending.
—Ronny Maye, Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Many Ukrainians saw the government as having crossed a redline in its expansion of executive power.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025
Legal’s ability to streamline redlines, templatize agreements and negotiate at scale can directly impact how quickly deals are signed.
—Shashank Bijapur, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Verb
In the 1930s, the federal government codified these boundaries through redlining.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Exclusionary zoning practices further reinforced racial segregation, complemented by other systemic racist mechanisms such as redlining and predatory lending.
—Ronny Maye, Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Redline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redline. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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