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demarcate

verb

di-ˈmär-ˌkāt

Definition of demarcate

as in to define

to mark the limits of a bright yellow line demarcated the county on the road map

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Recent Examples of demarcate Since 2007, the Grumeti Fund has maintained a rhino boma, a kind of sanctuary for care, monitoring, and protection, with a low fence demarcating its boundary with the rest of the concession. — Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026 Where the research ends and the fiction begins is impossible to demarcate. — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 30 June 2026 Only in the late 19th century did the United States and Mexico demarcate the international line with small stone obelisks that looked like miniature Washington monuments. — Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026 The land was only officially demarcated as Indigenous territory in 2005. — ABC News, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for demarcate

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Get timely insight into the cases, rulings, and constitutional questions defining America’s legal landscape.

— Washington Examiner, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2026
The postwar model of a large welfare and regulatory state, run by a class of civil servants charged with modernizing the economy, tempering market forces and defining the common good, has run its course.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

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