: 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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Happymon Jacob, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2024
Even more impressive might be the mill’s 15,000 rpm redline, all but ensuring the car will scream around the track.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 July 2024
Mark Gongloff, The Mercury News, 27 July 2024
Attorneys argued that housing policies such as redlining, in which neighborhoods made up of mostly people of color were deemed unworthy of housing investments, and other practices that directed Black residents to segregated areas of the city.
—Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2024
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Noun
Already, India has struggled to set and enforce redlines among its neighbors, for example, with Chinese spy ships docking in Sri Lanka in recent years.
—Happymon Jacob, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2024
Even more impressive might be the mill’s 15,000 rpm redline, all but ensuring the car will scream around the track.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 July 2024
Verb
Formerly redlined neighborhoods have fewer trees and suffer the most from urban heat-island effects.
—Mark Gongloff, The Mercury News, 27 July 2024
Attorneys argued that housing policies such as redlining, in which neighborhoods made up of mostly people of color were deemed unworthy of housing investments, and other practices that directed Black residents to segregated areas of the city.
—Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2024
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“Redline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redline. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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