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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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for delimited
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Under Pew’s approach, the middle class can mathematically shrink even when everyone’s income rises substantially — because membership is defined by closeness to a median that keeps moving up.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Yes, Justin Bieber is back—and so too are the fringed bras, butterfly bags, and low-rise jeans that defined the era.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
12 Apr. 2026
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