mark (off)

as in to define
to mark the limits of marked off the outline of the mural first

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  • Her characters are cast to record an audio adaptation of a wildly popular vampire romance series that defined their teenage years, just like The Twilight Saga defined hers.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The planning commission accepted the recommendation, with a small modification related to how medical clinics are defined in the Land Development Code.
    Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • Supplies are limited, and at this price, codes won’t last long.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The federal government argued that the lower courts were circumventing the power of the justices and improperly limiting the authority of the Department of Homeland Security.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
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  • Within moments, the rangy 29-year-old actor Harris Dickinson bounds down an exterior staircase and shakes my hand.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Then, as if that were not enough excitement for any hunter at one time, a big mule-deer buck broke out of the thicket and bounded away to my left, straight for Sally.
    Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Mark (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mark%20%28off%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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