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
While the contrast is too sharp to be agreeable, we are afforded a comfortable, near-at-hand opportunity to observe the great strides which this craft took during that interval of time.
From Stained Glass Tours in England by Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock
He merely declared that when the near-at-hand sport was so good it was foolish to tramp ten miles to waylay some unwary and distant trout.
From The Story of Porcelain by Bassett, Sara Ware
