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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
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
And yet this life style seemed demarcated by objects that were ugly, strange, and uncanny.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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
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
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The new tubes solve that problem with an internal divider at the middle of the tube that helps trap the air in a confined chamber.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
3 Feb. 2026
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New York State now has six months to develop a plan to comply with a recent class action settlement addressing the lack of adequate mental health services for confined youth.—
Gladys Carrión,
New York Daily News,
21 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In a media landscape increasingly defined by power and influence, the emails offer journalists a cautionary tale and a road map for covering the elite.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Healthcare’s next era will likely be defined by infrastructures that mirror those in fintech or logistics, systems that operate invisibly beneath the surface while enabling every stakeholder to move with confidence.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 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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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
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Yet, until now, key mathematical rules governing these operators lacked a rigorous foundation beyond bounded cases.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Having earned degrees in political science and history at Ohio’s Miami University, Nixon was arguably over-qualified to be a roots-rocking, hell-raising provocateur who somehow was embraced by MTV for several years and went on to become the host of several shows on Sirius XM Radio.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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Offering interviews to any qualified applicant for an open position and including images of male servers in promotional materials that depict front-of-house employees.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Feb. 2026
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