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Another way that locals demarcate the region is everything south of U.S. Highway 50, which shoots arrow-straight across the state from St. Louis to Louisville.
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Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
However, Thailand does not recognize the ICJ’s jurisdiction and claims that some areas along the border were never fully demarcated, including the sites of several ancient temples.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
Tensions along Cambodia's northern border, which is poorly demarcated in many places, have been simmering since May when a Cambodian soldier was killed in a clash.
—Shane Croucher
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Both the South Korean and Japanese governments must rein in historical revisionism and more clearly demarcate the boundaries of reasonable disagreement.
—Eun A Jo, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022
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Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
However, Thailand does not recognize the ICJ’s jurisdiction and claims that some areas along the border were never fully demarcated, including the sites of several ancient temples.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
Tensions along Cambodia's northern border, which is poorly demarcated in many places, have been simmering since May when a Cambodian soldier was killed in a clash.
—Shane Croucher
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Both the South Korean and Japanese governments must rein in historical revisionism and more clearly demarcate the boundaries of reasonable disagreement.
—Eun A Jo, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demarcate
define
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Millennials, typically defined as individuals born between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s, are now at a point in their lives where their generational nostalgia is front and center.—
Saba Hamedy,
NBC news,
7 Nov. 2025
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The next two years will test how well Republicans can walk that line, using Mamdani to define the left without letting Newsom define himself.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Demarcate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demarcate. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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