delineate

Life is measured in mileposts, a steady progression through the rites of passage that delineate the mortal journey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Parenting is such a remarkably simple way to delineate the difference between concept and exercise.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

I really wanted to delineate that these aren’t who you are.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

Among other provisions, the bill would delineate when crypto markets are subject to securities regulation, likely placing most of the industry under the purview of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026

“But not now. We’re satisfied ourselves that it will delineate the Nexus-6 types and we’d like you to proceed on that basis in your own particular, peculiar work.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

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

The paper is titled "A combined genomic arrhythmia propensity score delineates cumulative risk."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2025

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

Bezos has been more traditional, more delineated, like the crisp documents he famously wanted for discussions at Amazon’s meetings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 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

The role anchors a show that is more a collection of scenarios than a clearly delineated story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2024

The bomb line was a scarlet band of narrow satin ribbon that delineated the forwardmost position of the Allied ground forces in every sector of the Italian mainland.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

In private phone conversations with Carney’s predecessor, Justin Trudeau, Trump had threatened to scrap the 1908 agreement delineating their shared border.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

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

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

The accents are depthless, burnished black: black railings enclosing white porches, black drainpipes crawling down white walls, black trim delineating white window frames.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 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