: 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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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
October will be a redline for Microsoft users for more than just Windows 10 and the hard slog to push users to Windows 11.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Practices like redlining deepened that marginalization.
— Made By History, TIME, 25 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Most recently, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the administration over reports that negotiators would seek territorial concessions from Kyiv—a redline Zelensky has repeatedly stressed his country will not cross.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
October will be a redline for Microsoft users for more than just Windows 10 and the hard slog to push users to Windows 11.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
There's been a profusion of scholarship on the history of redlining, the history of housing segregation, and federal policies that were shaping and influencing that, as well as the growth of the private real estate industry in the 20th century.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Practices like redlining deepened that marginalization.
— Made By History, TIME, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Redline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redline. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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