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demarcated

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verb

past tense of demarcate
as in defined
to mark the limits of a bright yellow line demarcated the county on the road map

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of demarcated
Verb
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 The team confirmed 13 of them — demarcated with an asterisk below — and The Charlotte Observer independently confirmed the four others. Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2025 And yet this life style seemed demarcated by objects that were ugly, strange, and uncanny. Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for demarcated
Adjective
  • Given how much of the story takes place in a confined setting, when one character launches themselves across a table to attack another, the moment is breathtaking.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Seniors Caroline Gamez and Mee Muldoon said this year’s trail is more confined — exclusively in the theater department — and hopefully spookier.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Mentality and late goals defined their seven-game winning run to start the campaign but there were flaws in those performances and they were exposed further in defeats.
    Andy Jones, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • There was a need for more reliable information about concussions and uniformity in terms of how they were being defined in terms of severity.
    NPR, NPR, 9 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • While Swift’s life is extraordinary, it’s also cloistered by wealth and celebrity; perhaps the range of feelings she’s allowed to experience has become circumscribed.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Barrett understood its more circumscribed project.
    Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Start small and run experiments, such as applying for a first grant or running a bounded peer-to-peer campaign.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • My sense so far is that migration is becoming more bounded (notably from Africa to Europe), more regional and with a greater emphasis on cultural assimilation.
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 4 June 2022
Adjective
  • Yes, Indiana likely would’ve qualified for the CFP had Cooper’s heel landed out of bounds and Indiana lost.
    The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Indeed the Wildcats by topping the Jayhawks qualified for a bowl game.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Nov. 2025

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“Demarcated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demarcated. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

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