as in vivid
producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description
the finely delineated characters of the novel will seem real to the reader
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as in traced
to draw or make apparent the outline of
the man's roly-poly shape was softly delineated by the glow of the fire
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as in described
to give a representation or account of in words
the story does a remarkable job of delineating the emotions that immigrants feel upon their arrival in a strange country
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Recent Examples of delineated
Mary Damiano, Miami Herald, 2 Dec. 2025
Such ambiguity ran contrary to Seiwert’s aesthetics and politics, which privileged clearly delineated types in exemplary class struggle.
—Noam M. Elcott, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2025
During the last round of labor negotiations with the NFLPA in 2020, the league pushed new language that more clearly delineated what gets shared in the event of a sale like this.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The excerpt questioned the governor’s financial management and delineated specifics of how a $5 billion surplus left by Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration had become a $3 billion deficit in two short years.
—Kevin Igoe, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2025
Polygon warnings are a system used by the National Weather Service to issue severe weather alerts for specific, delineated areas.
—Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
There is a kind of publicity that’s bad publicity, and in a case with such clearly delineated sides, making a stand for one party or another could have long-term negative effects.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2025
Those are nearly always tests requiring a final numerical answer and not requiring delineated proofs associated with the answer.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
But per White’s norm, each is so clearly delineated and well-cast that the largesse never gets confusing or overwhelming as the stories intertwine and coil and slither around each other like a nest of snakes.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
David Moin, Footwear News, 19 Dec. 2025
An earlier leftist position had been delineated by Jean Jaurès in Histoire socialiste de la Révolution française (1901–07).
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
Branca delineated two zones—a lounge and study—with furniture placement and curtain panels hung from the ceiling.
—Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2025
Parks digitally delineated instead of outlined by the contours of our promenades.
—Paul Greenberg, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
The boundaries of the world are delineated neatly by your compunctions.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
ISRAs are delineated based on criteria such as vulnerability, range restriction, key life-history stages (like breeding or feeding grounds), and unique ecological characteristics.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
For a while, that was federally protected—the 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act has for decades delineated that Friday was for high school football, Saturday was for college and Sunday was for the NFL.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Both create delineated characters quickly and add humor and drama to the production.
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Categories are clearly delineated, like with the separate hoodies and sweats area.
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The doctrine is both a reasonable tactical reaction to threatening events and a vivid personal reflection of Trump the wannabe emperor, committed to self-extolling, national expansion and personal and national wealth.—
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There are some vivid downsides to college sports’ new NIL era, but net-net, things seem so much healthier when much of it comes down to a school’s willingness to spend.—
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Part of this knowledge gap can be traced to Tunisia’s recent export history.—
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Turzanska traced Agnes’ emotional journey through color, particularly red.—
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Greenberg later described the behind-the-scenes conflict in stark terms.—
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According to the person who described Tuesday's decisions to the AP, Quinn and Kingsbury met in the morning to talk about the future of the team's offense, which features quarterback Jayden Daniels.—
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
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Gobel is not daunted by the graphic content.—
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Mentality and late goals defined their seven-game winning run to start the campaign but there were flaws in those performances and they were exposed further in defeats.—
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There was a need for more reliable information about concussions and uniformity in terms of how they were being defined in terms of severity.—
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Both in California and Iowa, many Jesus People were certain the events depicted in Larry Norman’s song would occur in either 1981 or 1988.—
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The footage released by CCTV depicted two opposing forces in the exercise.—
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But more than specific features and fixtures, the idea of wellness is becoming a big bathroom selling point.—
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The final part of the dormancy evolution puzzle is what ecologists refer to as the ecological niche a species occupies — the specific set of conditions that species evolved to exploit or the conditions under which that species is likely to be more successful when compared to other species.—
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Speaking to Interesting Engineering, Fraimic team member Nathaniel Paffett-Lugassy outlined the core idea behind the product.—
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Skyler Lusnia, the Statewide Charter School Board’s director of school performance, had already outlined three major concerns and asked Epic officials to respond.—
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“Delineated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delineated. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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