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
“Janet had better use the poker,” said the doctor, taking his cue from his younger daughter, and laughing too, so as to hide the pang he felt at the near-at-hand parting.
From First in the Field A Story of New South Wales by Rahey, L.
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
