: 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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Michael Poznansky, Foreign Affairs, 3 Jan. 2025
History offers numerous examples of redlines’ fluidity.
—Michael Poznansky, Foreign Affairs, 3 Jan. 2025
Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
No home equity loans or HELOCs Fined $1.9 million for redlining in Black neighborhoods in Birmingham, Alabama.
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—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Slowly, Biden succeeded in eroding and undermining Putin’s redlines.
—Michael Poznansky, Foreign Affairs, 3 Jan. 2025
History offers numerous examples of redlines’ fluidity.
—Michael Poznansky, Foreign Affairs, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
Armored vehicles and National Guard personnel block the entrances to still-smoldering neighborhoods, some pioneered decades ago by Black residents redlined out of areas nearby.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
No home equity loans or HELOCs Fined $1.9 million for redlining in Black neighborhoods in Birmingham, Alabama.
5.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Redline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redline. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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