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as in to trace
to draw or make apparent the outline of
the man's roly-poly shape was softly delineated by the glow of the fire
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as in to describe
to give a representation or account of in words
the story does a remarkable job of delineating the emotions that immigrants feel upon their arrival in a strange country
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Recent Examples of delineate
The chiles delineate culinary borders.
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
In this project by Goesling Group, the kitchen and living space are directly against each other, and different cabinet types help to delineate those spaces even if there’s not much wiggle room between the two.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 11 May 2026
If the bike lane is sharply delineated with curbs, that will help a lot.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 Apr. 2026
Those fights faded once governments began delineating specific zones where such projects were allowed and impacts could be minimized.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
In this project by Goesling Group, the kitchen and living space are directly against each other, and different cabinet types help to delineate those spaces even if there’s not much wiggle room between the two.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 11 May 2026
If the bike lane is sharply delineated with curbs, that will help a lot.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 Apr. 2026
Those fights faded once governments began delineating specific zones where such projects were allowed and impacts could be minimized.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delineate
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Borderlandia also leads hikes along the Santa Cruz River to trace the Anza expedition, the 1775 trek that fundamentally shaped the American West.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Investigation traced equipment to officer's home According to the criminal complaint, the journalist suffered an injury while working at the protest and dropped a camera bag containing cameras and other equipment valued at roughly $10,000.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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The shooter is described as a man in his 30s.—
Jasmine Mendez
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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Sergei Shoigu, Russia's former defense minister and now secretary of its Security Council, also rejected Zelenskyy’s claim, describing it as a scare tactic to attract more Western aid for Kyiv.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 May 2026
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But Kyiv’s early embrace of drones, and the mass-industrialization of their accuracy and power, has begun to exact a defining toll on Moscow.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Taken together, those cultural threads help explain why food – and especially meat – carries an outsized symbolic role in Texas politics, where the official state dish, adopted in 1977, is chili, defined by its significant meat base.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Wynn, who died last spring and for whom a wing of Zumthor’s aerodynamic structure is named, donated a Francis Bacon triptych depicting Bacon’s friend and fellow-painter Lucian Freud, the only Bacons on display in a public Los Angeles museum.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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Moscow has long sought to depict its victory as an inevitability, demanding enormous Ukrainian concessions in exchange for any halt to the invasion -- and since January 2025 often with the explicit or implicit backing of the White House.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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By then, analysts outlined how the NDAA’s provision to arm Iraq with equivalent systems could ultimately scupper any Kurdish acquisition, or at least delay it indefinitely.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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The program currently requires companies to submit a plan to the EPA outlining safety precautions, hazard assessments in the case of an accidental release and emergency response steps.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
30 May 2026
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Braun said Panish had sought to portray his client as hiding in the bushes near the crash site, but in reality, those bushes were vines and the 6-foot-4, 245-pound Erickson was easily seen.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Yet cultural stereotypes continue to portray White athletes as less athletic, less gifted and less deserving of elite status.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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“Delineate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delineate. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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