delineates

present tense third-person singular of delineate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of delineates The 323-foot fly ball came down and hit the pole on the black line that delineates between a ball being out of the park or in play. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025 Specific Solutions The paper delineates specific solutions that collectively could swiftly enhance EU economic growth and international competitiveness. Alden Abbott, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 And, without needing to preach, Preparation for the Next Life delineates the limits of immigrants reaching for solidarity from white Americans who may be experiencing their own hardships, but who are never going to be in danger of being deported. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for delineates
Verb
  • The stained glass traces a hierarchy from the current dean to the Crown and then to God.
    Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • One section traces Fletcher's formative years and early experimentations; another touches on her current artistic explorations.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As Mark describes his strategies, his reflections quickly outleap the specifics of the sport and take on a philosophical dimension.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Yep, that describes the Giants for most of the summer, all right.
    Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There is also the matter of landing accuracy, typically described as a landing ellipse, or the elliptical area on a planetary surface that defines the range of possible touchdown spots for a spacecraft.
    Andrew Jones, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The law defines catastrophic risk narrowly as incidents potentially causing 50+ deaths or $1 billion in damage through weapons assistance, autonomous criminal acts, or loss of control.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The song was released with the video, an ode to pastels that depicts the changing of the guard from one album to the next with a snake turning into a cluster of butterflies.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The celestial dial depicts the starry sky and Milky Way in warm, volcanic tones, rather than cool, blue hues.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Financial Affairs Committee approved the term sheet, which outlines tax incremental financing details, in March 2025.
    Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Working with powerful clients, the docuseries outlines how Hanson was recruited by the dangerous Mexican drug cartel Sinaloa, as his networking skills and people knowledge were of great value to them.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • On the series, Galligan portrays Lady Olivia Hedges-White, a real-life aristocrat from a once-prominent family.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
  • DiCaprio portrays the character as someone who is both actively trying to be progressive but also frustrated by his limitations.
    Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Delineates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delineates. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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