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
I suggest topics dealing with our own country only, because the child must learn to know the near-at-hand before he can appreciate the remote.
From Children's Rights A book of nursery logic by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
