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adjective

Definition of demarcatednext
as in confined

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demarcated

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verb

past tense of demarcate
as in defined
to mark the limits of a bright yellow line demarcated the county on the road map

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  1. confined
  2. defined
  3. bounded
  4. qualified
Adjective
  • The most conspicuous example is the open-air winter sculpture garden at the center of the residence, an intimate, confined courtyard that allows art and nature to coalesce.
    Troy J. McMullen, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2024
  • These pollutants then build up in a confined area, resulting in degraded air quality, which may affect people with and other health concerns.
    Jess Thomson, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of confined
Verb
  • However, even when an AI strategy is well defined, it’s bound to fail if employees don’t understand it.
    Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Here’s a closer look at some of the key energy stories that defined the year.
    Robert Rapier, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of defined
Adjective
  • Robotic demonstrations still rely on algorithms set for specialized tasks in bounded situations.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 19 July 2021
  • What Franzen’s narrative method suggests is a reality in which relatively coherent and bounded psyches look out onto a world that offers them a range of choices for action and meaning; the psyches select from these options, and later on repent of or are grateful for their selections.
    Alan Jacobs, Harper's Magazine, 28 Sep. 2021
Definition of bounded
Adjective
  • The pause will not affect access to the services rendered by licensed social workers, counselors, psychiatrists and psychologists, behavioral health clinics in regulated hospital spaces, and behavioral health providers in federally qualified health centers, the news release says.
    Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 31 Dec. 2024
  • His six interceptions are tied for the fewest among qualified starters and he’s thrown more tan one only once, in Week 5 against Michigan State.
    Andrés Soto, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of qualified
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