as in to define
to mark the limits of the highway delimits the eastern edge of the downtown area

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Recent Examples of delimit In total, there are 10 points available in this example that delimit nine sections. Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2025 In addition to the dispute over the Senkaku Islands, Japan has accused China of continuing to construct structures for oil and gas development in the East China Sea, where the two countries have yet to delimit their 230-mile-wide exclusive economic zones (EEZs). Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025 The search was reinforced in the area delimited by the previous flights. Escher Walcott, People.com, 3 May 2025 Master the art of delimiting information Separating information properly affects your results significantly. Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025 Infatuation opens his characters to, and delimits the extent of their participation in, the world. Brandon Sanchez, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024 Some of those words must remain embedded in Prosecco Superiore, the legal term tied to DOCG to indicate both zones precisely delimited by notions of quality, grapes, culture, history, and soils. Susan H. Gordon, Phd, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 After the initial burials, the cemetery, which was delimited by ditches and the road, became more densely populated toward the end of the first century B.C. and the start of the first century A.D., officials said. Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024 One task will be delimiting the ocean, which some researchers think could exist in multiple layers, separated by high-pressure species of ice. Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 5 Apr. 2023
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  • Her characters are cast to record an audio adaptation of a wildly popular vampire romance series that defined their teenage years, just like The Twilight Saga defined hers.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The planning commission accepted the recommendation, with a small modification related to how medical clinics are defined in the Land Development Code.
    Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Delimit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delimit. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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