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Six example sentences with delineate, each labelled with its topic.
The opening chapter delineates the harbor town so exactly that readers can walk its streets from memory afterward.
Literature
A good handbook delineates who approves what, down to the exact spending limit each manager may sign off on.
Business
Her pen drawings delineate every rib of the leaf, so precisely that botanists use them instead of photographs.
Art
The statute delineates exactly which records a landlord must keep, down to the date each smoke alarm was tested.
Law
The working drawings delineate every joint in the timber frame, so the carpenters never have to guess on site.
Architecture
Aristotle took pains to delineate the several senses of cause before arguing about any one of them.
Philosophy
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