near-at-hand
Example Sentences
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All were done on near-at-hand scraps of paper, including the backs of medication labels.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
“Why, I am a sort of Columbus of those near-at-hand and believe you can come to them in this immediate terra incognita that spreads out in every gaze.”
From Time ● May 19, 2015
The story shifts from the near-at-hand to long lens.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 16, 2015
The everyday, the near-at-hand, become prosaic; there is no room for the alchemy of time and space to work in.
From The Last Harvest by John Burroughs
But it is in perfect keeping with the whole career of physical science, which is forever directing our attention to common near-at-hand facts for the key to remote and mysterious occurrences.
From Time and Change by John Burroughs
