marked (off)

verb

Definition of marked (off)next
past tense of mark (off)
as in defined
to mark the limits of marked off the outline of the mural first

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  1. defined
  2. limited
Verb
  • And increasingly, the biggest EV factory may no longer be defined simply by the number of cars rolling off a single assembly line, but by the size of the entire industrial ecosystem built around them.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
  • After all those years, the curse had finally been broken, and a franchise once defined by failure suddenly became one of baseball’s great modern success stories.
    — Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of defined
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  • Unable to raise the $750,000 for his bail, his excursions are limited to trial dates.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Yet its tendency to expand during charging and discharging has limited its wider use.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
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“Marked (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marked%20%28off%29. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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