: a recommended safety limit : the fastest, farthest, or highest point or degree considered safe
also
: the red line which marks this point on a gauge
redlined; redlining; redlines
: to withhold home-loan funds or insurance from neighborhoods considered poor economic risks
: to discriminate against in housing or insurance
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Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
The James Brand That 3.5-liter twin-turbo hydrogen V6 and its 9,000-rpm redline don't represent just any experimental concept engine but a ferocious, power-doubling clean-burner aimed at rescuing the belovedly loud, rumbling, organ-rattling state of motorsport that fans love and demand.
—New Atlas, 20 June 2025
Kevin Cohee, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Director Chad Roberts said these digital records could then be used by historians, scholars and policymakers to study the connection between racial housing covenants, redlining and zoning, and could be a resource for individuals to research the history of their homes and neighborhoods.
—Alex V. Cipolle, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Where to draw the redlines and how best to counter Chinese military power in the region should be—and are already being—debated.
—Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
The James Brand That 3.5-liter twin-turbo hydrogen V6 and its 9,000-rpm redline don't represent just any experimental concept engine but a ferocious, power-doubling clean-burner aimed at rescuing the belovedly loud, rumbling, organ-rattling state of motorsport that fans love and demand.
—New Atlas, 20 June 2025
Verb
During the 20th century, redlining—a discriminatory practice institutionalized in the 1930s by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation—systematically denied mortgage lending in communities of color, regardless of individual financial qualifications.
—Kevin Cohee, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Director Chad Roberts said these digital records could then be used by historians, scholars and policymakers to study the connection between racial housing covenants, redlining and zoning, and could be a resource for individuals to research the history of their homes and neighborhoods.
—Alex V. Cipolle, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Redline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redline. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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