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to mark the limits of
the highway delimits the eastern edge of the downtown area
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Recent Examples of delimited
American power must be delimited; it must not be overstretched.
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Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Dec. 2025
Ranegras Plain, delimited by a ring of small mountain ranges, covers some 912 square miles and includes the towns of Bouse, Brenda, Utting and Vicksburg.
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Clara Migoya,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Dec. 2025
Ranegras Plain, delimited by a ring of small mountain ranges, covers some 912 square miles and includes the towns of Bouse, Brenda, Utting and Vicksburg.
—
Clara Migoya,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for delimited
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Size representation on the runway this season was defined by a more fragmented set of ideals.
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Remarkably, in a game defined by the South American team’s lack of sportsmanship, this became the first World Cup game in which a Paraguay player did not receive a yellow card since 1998.
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