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to mark the limits of
a bright yellow line demarcated the county on the road map
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Recent Examples of demarcated
Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
Voyager 1 is nestled in the space demarcated by that stellar pyramid.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Carolina Panthers opponents in 2026 Divisional opponents are demarcated with an asterisk.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2026
The two countries have long disagreed on stretches of their 500-mile border that had been demarcated under French colonial rule, especially around the Preah Vihear and Ta Muen Thom temples, and have clashed several times over the years, including between 2008 and 2011.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
Despite a recent calming in runaway home values in metro Denver, the $650,000 median price of a detached home in October still demarcated a housing market that was out of reach for many.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 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, 11 Nov. 2025
He was captured by British troops just outside of Lexington, on a patch of field now demarcated with a semi-circular stone wall.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
For his latest Max Mara collection, Griffiths designed many looks with bare backs demarcated with harness-like arrangements of black elastic straps.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
The cemetery was a communal space, yet each fence demarcated a private domain—my nature, my virtues, my gait, my mood.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
Voyager 1 is nestled in the space demarcated by that stellar pyramid.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Carolina Panthers opponents in 2026 Divisional opponents are demarcated with an asterisk.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2026
The two countries have long disagreed on stretches of their 500-mile border that had been demarcated under French colonial rule, especially around the Preah Vihear and Ta Muen Thom temples, and have clashed several times over the years, including between 2008 and 2011.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
Despite a recent calming in runaway home values in metro Denver, the $650,000 median price of a detached home in October still demarcated a housing market that was out of reach for many.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 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, 11 Nov. 2025
He was captured by British troops just outside of Lexington, on a patch of field now demarcated with a semi-circular stone wall.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
For his latest Max Mara collection, Griffiths designed many looks with bare backs demarcated with harness-like arrangements of black elastic straps.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for demarcated
Adjective
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Thai authorities said that tigers in confined environments, and which are already affected by stress and inbreeding conditions, could be particularly vulnerable to the viral infection.—
Wasamon Audjarint,
Fortune,
25 Feb. 2026
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And some experts worry that as measles continues to appear in confined environments—such as, recently, an ICE facility in Texas—adequate infection-prevention measures will too frequently fall short.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Now Russia and Ukraine are deep in a future defined by access to Starlink’s satellite communications and the two sides’ ability to produce and combat cheap drones.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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But the rupture may be felt most deeply in Mayfair, a neighborhood long defined by both neglect and resilience.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Yes, their lives have become this circumscribed.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2026
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Thompson-Hernández acknowledges that while Watts might be a small community, a relative sliver of greater Los Angeles, imagination flourishes in the most circumscribed places.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Beloved ’s revenant defies the dictates of realism according to which a character is a bounded individual.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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Other mathematicians, however, point out that past performance does not guarantee future returns, because an unbounded fluid is nothing like a bounded one.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Income-qualified riders would be able to have up to 60 minutes of free riding every day.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
19 Mar. 2026
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The people on whom the planter depended to make his plantation run, Amador probably reasoned, were the same people who were best qualified and most motivated to annihilate it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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