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 Keough weaves both voices together in a dual narrative demarcated by type: Lisa Marie’s words are in a serif font, and her own are sans serif. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024 Members of the Armadillos built wooden crosses to demarcate potential migrant remains found during their searches. Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024 The husband’s concerns about noise in a busy, if not chaotic, household, were addressed by installing upholstered walls in the dining room and in the primary bedroom, where timbers reclaimed from the renovation demarcate the high-ceilinged space. Michael Boodro, Architectural Digest, 9 Sep. 2024 The death toll among Palestinians has risen to nearly 40,000, according to the health ministry there, whose numbers do not demarcate between civilians and combatants. Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for demarcate 

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“Demarcate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demarcate. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.

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