as in defines
to mark the limits of
marked off the outline of the mural first
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The study defines the sandwich generation as adults who have at least one child under 18 and a living parent—which is around one in four Americans.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025 -
No one game defines a season, no one loss defines a career.—
Don Yaeger,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The feature does not allow customers to purchase whole orders and limits customers to only purchasing 14 during the restock.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Judge Charles Breyer determined that the deployment of the troops, 300 of which are still in Los Angeles, did not comply with the Posse Comitatus Act, which limits federal military troops from enforcing civilian laws.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Marks (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marks%20%28off%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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