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
On the morrow, there was nothing talked about through town but the near-at-hand departure of Tartarin for Algeria and lion-hunting.
From Tartarin of Tarascon by Daudet, Alphonse
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 Burroughs, John
