: a recommended safety limit : the fastest, farthest, or highest point or degree considered safe
also
: the red line which marks this point on a gauge
redlined; redlining; redlines
: to withhold home-loan funds or insurance from neighborhoods considered poor economic risks
: to discriminate against in housing or insurance
Examples of redline in a Sentence
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2024
What makes crises so unpredictable is that the thresholds, or redlines, that might trigger a war are often not publicly known.
—Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
Anna Broughel, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Researchers have found less tree canopy on average in communities mostly inhabited by racial and ethnic minorities in the 1930s, when financial services were withheld due to the discriminatory housing policy known as redlining.
—Jennifer McDermott and Alexa St. John, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Tuesday’s announcement was accompanied by a video of the car hitting 233 mph at redline in sixth gear with GM president Mark Reuss in the driver’s seat.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2024
What makes crises so unpredictable is that the thresholds, or redlines, that might trigger a war are often not publicly known.
—Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
Verb
Formerly redlined communities are particularly impacted.
—Anna Broughel, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Researchers have found less tree canopy on average in communities mostly inhabited by racial and ethnic minorities in the 1930s, when financial services were withheld due to the discriminatory housing policy known as redlining.
—Jennifer McDermott and Alexa St. John, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Redline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redline. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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