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Definitions

in reach

ADVERB
by
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aside away through
STRONG
past
WEAK
at hand beyond close handy over to one side
ADVERB
nearby
Synonyms
STRONGEST
near
WEAK
about at close quarters close close at hand hard near-at-hand nigh not far away
Antonyms
WEAK
far faraway

Example Sentences

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In Bengal, the form flourished in jatra - a rural, open-air spectacle of music, myth and melodrama that often rivalled cinema in reach, though not in rewards.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Muche thinks the 212-pound record could be in reach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

That increase in reach could allow astronomers to detect millions of black hole and neutron star mergers across cosmic history, and to study them with unprecedented detail.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

Suddenly, bliss is in reach, and her grandmother is her favorite person in the world, the one being who could lift the veil she couldn’t see past.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025

Forgetting thirty-nine generations of Confucian breeding, Shirley hugged anyone in reach.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord