as in defines
to mark the limits of
the highway delimits the eastern edge of the downtown area
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The study defines the sandwich generation as adults who have at least one child under 18 and a living parent—which is around one in four Americans.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025 -
No one game defines a season, no one loss defines a career.—
Don Yaeger,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Delimits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delimits. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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