as in defining
to mark the limits of
the highway delimits the eastern edge of the downtown area
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Cost anxiety has become the defining concern of the application process.—
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Fortune,
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The moment captures the strange overlap now defining the entertainment industry.—
Grant Rindner,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Delimiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delimiting. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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