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delimited

verb

past tense of delimit

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to mark the limits of the highway delimits the eastern edge of the downtown area

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Recent Examples of delimited American power must be delimited; it must not be overstretched. — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2025 Ranegras Plain, delimited by a ring of small mountain ranges, covers some 912 square miles and includes the towns of Bouse, Brenda, Utting and Vicksburg. — Clara Migoya, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025

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Friday defined a good news/bad news day at a West Miami-Dade Sedano’s Supermarket.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
Such was their shtick throughout their segment of New York Comic-Con’s Star Trek panel, which teased season two of Starfleet Academy before making time for Shatner to thoughtfully look back on the franchise that has defined his career.

— Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026

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