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Recent Examples of delimit
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).
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for delimit
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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“Delimit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delimit. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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