: 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
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Nikit Shah, USA Today, 24 May 2025
But there are still more than 700 million holdouts and an alarming redline for users without PCs eligible for the upgrade.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Practices like redlining contributed by concentrating Black populations in some of the poorest neighborhoods, which were then spurned by investors.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
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Noun
Legal: Contract Intelligence Agents that review, redline, and analyze large numbers of documents for privilege, check citations for accuracy, or compare contracts to one another.
—Nikit Shah, USA Today, 24 May 2025
But there are still more than 700 million holdouts and an alarming redline for users without PCs eligible for the upgrade.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
Cross said the city has yet to fully rectify its sordid legacy of redlining, discriminatory banks and other practices that segregated the South and West sides.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Practices like redlining contributed by concentrating Black populations in some of the poorest neighborhoods, which were then spurned by investors.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
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“Redline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redline. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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