delimitation
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It requires periodic delimitation - the redrawing and reallocation of seats - after each census to reflect updated population figures.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
The dispute "is blocking the delimitation of the maritime border with New Caledonia and creating problematic legal uncertainties affecting fishing and scientific research activities, for example," it added.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
He added that “we should be able to sit down with Turkey as reasonable adults and resolve our main difference, which is the delimitation of maritime zones in the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2023
“We should be able to sit down with Turkey as reasonable adults and resolve our main difference, which is the delimitation of maritime zones in the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean.”
From Washington Times • Jan. 19, 2023
Once more there is a difficulty of delimitation which will have to be fully sifted.
From Liberalism by Hobhouse, L. T. (Leonard Trelawny)
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Human Geography - High School
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Political Geography - High School
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