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Mr. Medina replied with arguments he has delineated so often that they have come to feel like personal mantras: Being near each other makes the work better.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

These are the abiding concerns that Will Arbery, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, has delineated, at oblique angles, in his previous plays, “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” and “Corsicana.”

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2022

For decades, FUNAI, the country’s indigenous-affairs agency, has delineated reserves and helped guard them from developers.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019

So far, the company has delineated a resource of 3.5 million gold ounces, along with some silver and copper.

From Reuters • Dec. 23, 2010

Men of ambition, again, look upon the world as a theatre for fame and glory, and make it that magnificent scene of high enterprise and august recompence which Pindar or Cicero has delineated.

From The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin by Newman, John Henry