as in defining
to mark the limits of
a bright yellow line demarcated the county on the road map
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Taken together, these signals show that resilience is not a marginal concern but a defining lens for value creation.—
Felicia Jackson,
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The West may think of his nation in terms of space-age technology and zeitgeist-defining cultural phenomena like KPop Demon Hunters, though in truth South Korea battles the lowest birth rate, top suicide rate, and highest youth unemployment of any developed nation.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Demarcating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demarcating. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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