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The suit explains that the Littrell family have attempted to demarcate their home's property line, but beachgoers continue routinely to cross over, and have even become aggressive when asked to leave.
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Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 17 July 2025
Land Cruisers vie with battered pick-up trucks for prime real estate just beyond the white fence that demarcates the ring.
—Camilla Wright, semafor.com, 11 July 2025
Key takeaways: What is dry stone walling? Civilizations from Stone Age Scotland to the eighth-century Maya to 13th-century African empires have used dry stone walling to demarcate borders.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2025
Both the South Korean and Japanese governments must rein in historical revisionism and more clearly demarcate the boundaries of reasonable disagreement.
—Eun A Jo, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022
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Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 17 July 2025
Land Cruisers vie with battered pick-up trucks for prime real estate just beyond the white fence that demarcates the ring.
—Camilla Wright, semafor.com, 11 July 2025
Key takeaways: What is dry stone walling? Civilizations from Stone Age Scotland to the eighth-century Maya to 13th-century African empires have used dry stone walling to demarcate borders.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2025
Both the South Korean and Japanese governments must rein in historical revisionism and more clearly demarcate the boundaries of reasonable disagreement.
—Eun A Jo, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demarcate
define
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Mercenaries are defined as soldiers who are contracted by third parties unaffiliated with a nation’s armed forces and motivated primarily by private gain.—
Rebecca Johns,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Rivalries that are long in tenure and thick with hatred define college sports in the Deep South, where football is second only to faith in some places.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Demarcate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demarcate. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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