delimit
verb (used with object)
to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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It’s a funny line, but it’s also as if he has delimited the four-year age window within which his situation will cease to be amusing.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023