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demarcates

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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 Israel has pulled back to the yellow line that demarcates the first withdrawal position inside Gaza. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025 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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The overarching curiosity, though, will be how this defines a key relationship for the club.

— Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
That means an operating model that defines who owns AI outcomes, how decisions get made and how successful use cases move from one corner of the business into the enterprise.

— Patrick Pugh, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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