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demarcates

verb

present tense third-person singular of demarcate

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to mark the limits of a bright yellow line demarcated the county on the road map

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Recent Examples of demarcates The restaurant has since opened two more branches in the Israeli Triangle – a concentration of Arab towns and villages on the Green Line, which demarcates the boundary between the West Bank and Israel. — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 Hamas shot at Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in the city of Rafah on Tuesday, east of the yellow line that demarcates Israeli control, an Israeli military official, speaking on condition anonymity, told The Hill on Tuesday. — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 28 Oct. 2025

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Here’s what defines it, and where to find it around metro Atlanta.

— Su-Jit Lin, AJC.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Last but not least, Question 3 asks voters whether to change how the state defines its congressional districts, paving the way for redistricting in the coming years.

— Renee Anderson, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

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