as in defining
to mark the limits of
the highway delimits the eastern edge of the downtown area
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Longbow believes weight has become the defining problem across the car industry.—
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
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Many who lost their homes — including generations of Black locals who gave the mountain town a defining part of its identity for decades — remain displaced.—
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“Delimiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delimiting. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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