as in distinction
the state of being kept distinct
the lines of demarcation between art and entertainment are often blurry
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Recent Examples of demarcate
Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
These metrics are color-coded, demarcating poor, sufficient, or optimal results.
—PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Looking back at the last three years there is a clear and concise line of demarcation - the $145/$146 area.
—Jay Woods, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
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Verb
And yet this life style seemed demarcated by objects that were ugly, strange, and uncanny.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
These metrics are color-coded, demarcating poor, sufficient, or optimal results.
—PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
Concentrated sectors tend to have Mafia-style demarcations of turf.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Looking back at the last three years there is a clear and concise line of demarcation - the $145/$146 area.
—Jay Woods, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demarcate
Verb
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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
Noun
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Instead, Gorsuch has drawn a distinction between the right to marry and the right to decline expressive participation in a ceremony.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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Gill will accept the distinction during Country Music’s Biggest Night, which will stream the following day on Hulu, after a special tribute performance.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The film’s title may be overstated, but there’s no denying the way the song’s message about longing, separation, and regret affected an inordinately wide range of people who heard it.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2025
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Transition services for service members nearing separation have been halted as well.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, Georgia’s Board of Education barred textbooks from describing discrimination against Black people.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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But even after coming north, her grandparents encountered racial discrimination and struggled to find jobs.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Demarcate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demarcate. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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