as in distinction
the state of being kept distinct
the lines of demarcation between art and entertainment are often blurry
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Recent Examples of demarcation
Video released by South Korea's Defense Ministry shows explosions along roads on the north side of the military demarcation line that separates the two Koreas.
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Gawon Bae, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
The announcement heralds a further escalation in activity close to the demarcation line separating the two Koreas, which had been rare in recent years until this year.
—Reuters, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
They were meant as a response to Nussbaum’s 1939 painting The Refugee, which includes a globe missing geopolitical demarcations, referencing his inability to find refuge in Nazi Europe.
—Karen Chernick, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
The organization’s calculus is pragmatic, as evident in its October 2022 support for a maritime demarcation deal between Israel and Lebanon.
—Mohanad Hage Ali, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2024
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Gawon Bae, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
The announcement heralds a further escalation in activity close to the demarcation line separating the two Koreas, which had been rare in recent years until this year.
—Reuters, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
They were meant as a response to Nussbaum’s 1939 painting The Refugee, which includes a globe missing geopolitical demarcations, referencing his inability to find refuge in Nazi Europe.
—Karen Chernick, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
The organization’s calculus is pragmatic, as evident in its October 2022 support for a maritime demarcation deal between Israel and Lebanon.
—Mohanad Hage Ali, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demarcation
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This approach to perception has the benefit of breaking down the distinction between self and world: a chair in all of its chairness doesn’t exist without a perceiver to see it as something to sit in; a chair is the affordance of a place to sit.Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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By acknowledging the distinctions between men and women, golf leadership is uniting with us in their desire to champion women and girls by restoring a space that prioritizes fair competition.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
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Indeed, the process of separation was emotionally painful, but the act of living through a strained relationship can be equally, if not more, draining.Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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The groups were split among men and women, Democrats and Republicans; the separation was intended, Gonzalez said, to avoid turning conversations into political arguments.Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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Through these gatherings a broader argument began cohering: men faced systematic and fundamental discrimination in a changing world.Theresa Iker / Made by History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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Putting them in a different category, many said, felt like yet another instance of discrimination.Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Demarcation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demarcation. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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