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To demarcate the borders of his $15 million deal, Jefferson sent out a Corps of Discovery—including young U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

“But we didn’t expect it to demarcate only two lands this year.”

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024

Like their Jedi namesake, Skywalker gibbons cannot swim, so rivers tend to demarcate their species boundaries.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024

The second, published in Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity on Nov. 30, took those qualitative findings and attempted to demarcate four discrete subtypes or pathways for detransition.

From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2023

Some thinkers have identified the two, while others regard Epistemology as a subdivision of logic; others demarcate their relative spheres by confining logic to the science of the laws of thought, i.e. to formal logic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

The Yellow Line demarcates territory in Gaza still under Israeli control under the ceasefire deal.

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026

The so-called yellow line demarcates the boundary inside the Gaza Strip that Israeli troops have withdrawn behind, as part of the US-brokered ceasefire.

From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025

When they look to the left, they see that another large sign demarcates the “MADE-UP” titles.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2022

This is because consciousness in her view is a watershed that demarcates “special legal and ethical obligations” for its makers and users.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2019

The Devils Thumb demarcates the Alaska-British Columbia border east of Petersburg, a fishing village accessible only by boat or plane.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

What was once a regional sport with deep roots and clearly demarcated borders has morphed into a sprawling battle where geography and tradition have been pushed into the background.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025

The Comoe River clearly delimits part of the northeastern frontier between Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso -- but the land border is poorly demarcated.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025

In a decade of crossing and re-crossing, Papi treated the border and the fences that demarcated it like an exercise in prepositions: He went around it, through it, above it, below it, past it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

Content is demarcated by categories like “Movies,” “Comedy,” “Classic TV,” “Sci-Fi,” “Reality,” and “Season’s Greetings,” for those longing to fulfill their Hallmark and Lifetime Christmas movie cravings.

From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2023

She stood looking at the line of trees that demarcated the woods as clearly as any doorway.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

Indigenous leaders say its return highlights the importance of demarcating their ancestral lands to keep their traditions alive.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024

This episode establishes them as spiritual sisters while demarcating how they differ.

From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2023

Amid R&B performances and Cajun food trucks, his name was everywhere from the video screens lining the event’s main thoroughfare to the Bakewell Media Music Stage demarcating its southernmost end.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2022

Lebanon hopes that demarcating maritime borders will pave the way for gas exploration to help lift it out of its crippling economic crisis.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2022

The light flickered over the paper as the old woman crouched down and stared at the lines demarcating the Great Wood, the river Nir, the Kell.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo