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demarcates

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present tense third-person singular of demarcate

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

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Recent Examples of demarcates Israel has pulled back to the yellow line that demarcates the first withdrawal position inside Gaza. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025 Hamas shot at Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in the city of Rafah on Tuesday, east of the yellow line that demarcates Israeli control, an Israeli military official, speaking on condition anonymity, told The Hill on Tuesday. — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 28 Oct. 2025

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Pool companies, professionals and builders can embrace this consumer shift and provide an all-encompassing experience that defines what pool ownership will look like going forward.

— Jon Viner, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
The museum defines an unprovoked attack as when a shark bites a human in its own habitat without any provocation by the human.

— Heather McCarron, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

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