delimited

past tense of delimit
as in defined
to mark the limits of the highway delimits the eastern edge of the downtown area

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Recent Examples of delimited 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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defined
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  • Supplemental feeding is defined as providing extra nutrition during times of natural forage scarcity.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Oct. 2025
  • This is how Bertolt Brecht defined the aim of epic theater.
    Susan Sontag, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025

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“Delimited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delimited. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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