delimit

Example Sentences

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One can see this playing out today in the rules for citizenship, voting and other mechanisms that serve to define and delimit participation in democratic politics.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2023

The two men also agreed that by the end of April they would set up a bilateral commission to delimit the joint border, the statement said.

From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2022

The IOC’s new guidelines delimit when and where Olympians can “express their views.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2021

Nothing in the law, he wrote, “indicates that Congress intended the department to define and delimit with respect to a minimum salary level.”

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2016

The second is missing the commas that delimit the phrases making up the list of inspirations: cooking, her family, and her dog.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker