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Grande moves in a similar space, but without the satire to easily delineate the difference between healthy and unhealthy behaviors.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

They are the unwritten rules that delineate who is trying to look the part, who wants to stand out and how everyone balances professionalism with self-expression.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Once production began in Louisiana in the spring of 2024, Jordan relied on Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter to delineate the twins from the outside in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

Some countries delineate air identification defence zones, wherein they require foreign planes to identify themselves.

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025

The definition neglects to mention the maps, the ones that delineate the return trip to normal or the site of the sunken treasure.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

On Wednesday, Anthropic announced a new “services track” for the partner network, describing it as a “tiered structure” that delineates how much effort a partner has put toward its Anthropic business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

But the bill also delineates a number of “excepted purchases” that enable investors to continue buying homes without penalty.

From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026

Since marriage is a milestone that often delineates youth from adulthood, a logical question is how this delay affects retirement saving.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 23, 2026

It delineates funding from the city, county, state and federal governments, projects the new homes that would be created and estimates what the sheltered and unsheltered homeless population would be, all on an annual basis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024

But it also delineates a limit, a warning, an outer boundary of sobriety.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Pentagon chief said the move was also aimed at ensuring US "access, basing and overflight are clearly delineated and assured" after some European imposed restrictions on US forces during the Iran war.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

In the opening statement of an international conference held at the bank’s headquarters in Tokyo, Ueda delineated the nuances of how higher energy costs can feed through to inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

The front of the coin will feature Trump in profile, with his trademark 1967 Las Vegas lounge act hairstyle delineated in fine detail.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2025

The wildfire–urban fire distinction matters because it determines both who is vulnerable to such disasters—a much broader section of neighborhoods than is delineated by fire-risk maps—and how to address the problem.

From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2025

Nevertheless, arbitrarily delineated stages provide a useful shorthand for discussing the diversity of music and of human societies, provided one bears in mind the above caveats.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

He and the large L.A.-based produce company have dueling legal complaints over a contract delineating how the fruit was to be marketed and sold.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

Their Empire waistlines were more like delineating seams that hit somewhere at the ribcage.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

The related documents have provided the biggest tranche of information about the case thus far, delineating key details in the ongoing investigation, which has been shrouded in secrecy.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026

Katie Smye, a researcher at the Bureau of Economic Geology, said there are areas of the Permian where injecting wastewater can be done safely and the industry must put more work into delineating these zones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

I draw them, delineating the structures with different colored pencils, though I can never get the same luminous brillance.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood