delimiting

present participle of delimit
as in defining
to mark the limits of the highway delimits the eastern edge of the downtown area

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defining
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  • Urbana always had a conservative bent, but its politics have become a defining feature in the intervening years.
    Grace Byron, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Here, teachers aren’t supposed to tell students that the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 — a defining incident of racial violence in Oklahoma history — was perpetrated by racists.
    Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Delimiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delimiting. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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