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Recent Examples of demarcate
When Weber and Finger started paying attention to celebrity gossip in the 2000s, glossy magazines reliably demarcated legitimate stars from up-and-comers.
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Annie Aguiar, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
With her recent looks, Brown demarcates the precocious child actor from the adult woman.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2025
Its south is demarcated by Lake Kivu.
—Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Multiple mountain ranges that demarcate the disparate communities of Los Angeles County create picturesque settings for homes—in dangerous proximity to scrub that is prone to catching fire.
—Andrew Moseman, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Annie Aguiar, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
With her recent looks, Brown demarcates the precocious child actor from the adult woman.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2025
Its south is demarcated by Lake Kivu.
—Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Multiple mountain ranges that demarcate the disparate communities of Los Angeles County create picturesque settings for homes—in dangerous proximity to scrub that is prone to catching fire.
—Andrew Moseman, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demarcate
define
Verb
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The edges of the mole are irregular, scalloped, or poorly defined.—
Sarah Jividen,
Health,
13 June 2025
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The program defined orphans as children who had lost one or both parents to AIDS, and the children did not necessarily have HIV themselves.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
13 June 2025
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“Demarcate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demarcate. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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