out of reach
Example Sentences
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“Until XOVR, exposure to companies like SpaceX was structurally out of reach for the everyday investor,” Joel Shulman, the fund’s portfolio manager, recently said in a statement.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
The Sparks were always just out of reach in their 79-69 loss to the Las Vegas Aces on Tuesday night, despite Rae Burrell’s career-high 22 points and a late comeback bid.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
They added that "the government's growth target of 0.9 percent for this year now appears clearly out of reach", expecting instead GDP expansion of around 0.6 percent in "a best-case scenario".
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
The "first rung of the career ladder has thinned" and that for "too many young people it is now simply out of reach", Milburn is set to say in a speech later.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
And then the word that had risen in his sleep came to him: a word that had been hovering at the edge of his brain, just out of reach.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
