How to Use demarcation in a Sentence

demarcation

noun
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  • The clothes could be cut with scissors along lines of demarcation.
    — Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2022
  • But six seems to be a pretty heavy line of demarcation.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 13 Jan. 2023
  • That day has become a clear demarcation in time for me.
    — Becca Andrews, Wired, 3 Feb. 2022
  • But his arrival serves as a distinct line of demarcation for the group.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
  • On the border, joint demarcation was still on the table, Gabir said.
    — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
  • In 1941, the demarcation line was just a few kilometers south, in the Charente.
    — Mathias Énard, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The unofficial gap between the haves and have nots will have a clear line of demarcation.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022
  • If there's a demarcation to be made between the good and bad episodes, it can be seen in how the characters came to service the premises, and not the other way around.
    — Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2022
  • There should be no demarcation of units by income and all residents should share the full range of amenities.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Three is the next demarcation to become an orange zone.
    — Karol Markowicz, Washington Examiner, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Seven of the eight playoff teams in the West have at least 100 points, kind of the line of demarcation for a legitimate Stanley Cup contender.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • There’s this blurry demarcation line between what's fake and what's real that is so central to the idea of Barbie.
    — Allie Jones, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • The idea of having that clear line of demarcation where something from home has fallen away was definitely part of the plan.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2022
  • For many Cuban émigrés, the year one fled the island is telling enough to serve as a rough demarcation between generations.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2020
  • In the modern day, a multitude of theories abound as to why this line of demarcation fizzled.
    — Hampton Bourne, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Sparkling wine, says Lee Pancake, predates the demarcation of Champagne as a region in France, as does the method by which the famed bubbly — bougiest of all sparkling wines — is produced.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Known for its blue huts straddling concrete slabs that form the demarcation line, Panmunjom draws visitors from both sides who want to see the Cold War’s last frontier.
    — Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung and Tara Copp, Anchorage Daily News, 18 July 2023
  • The demarcation had nothing to do with the quality of anybody’s work and everything to do with who was suddenly high on PCP.
    — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2022
  • There is no clear demarcation between Gerry's dreams and his fantasies, his not-quite-asleep and his not-really-awake.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 12 Nov. 2020
  • For millions of families, there will be no familiar demarcation, no moment when the kids leave, entrusted to the care of others for much of the day.
    — Jenny Anderson, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Many already had their hopes dashed that new demarcations would take place in the first 30 days of his administration, which began Jan. 1.
    — Edmar Barros and Mauricio Savarese, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2023
  • That was kind of a line of demarcation where society changed completely.
    — Greta Rainbow, Vulture, 7 May 2021
  • The line is a demarcation China has used to assert territorial claims in the South China Sea.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2023
  • There are heated disagreements about the demarcation of AGI.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The first evening, though, I was depressed especially by the lack of demarcation between shower and toilet.
    — Amit Chaudhuri, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
  • The hearing presented the country with a clear demarcation.
    — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 27 July 2021
  • The growing-out phase will also be more intense than with a keratin treatments, since there will be a line of demarcation when your natural texture grows back in.
    — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The election has so far been mostly cordial so far, but some clear demarcation lines have emerged that will test the priorities of Cuyahoga County Democrats.
    — cleveland, 20 May 2022
  • Maybe that’s the ultimate line of demarcation, the reason some quarterbacks burn defenses from the pocket while others excel while on the move.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2021
  • There will be a line of demarcation in NFL history, before Hamlin’s on-field cardiac arrest and after it.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023

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