short-range

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Recent Examples of short-range American short-range fighter aircraft can drop bombs and take out enemy planes and surface-to-air missiles. Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2025 There are also some weapon systems that only the US can provide, including the Patriot defense systems which are capable of bringing down cruise missiles, hypersonic missiles, short-range ballistic missiles and aircraft. Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025 At the conference, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged $2 billion in financing to supply Ukraine with 5,000 short-range Martlet air-defense missiles, produced by French firm Thales at a factory in Belfast. David Axe, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 This tri-band middle child adds the 6-GHz band for rapid and stable short-range Wi-Fi. Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for short-range
Recent Examples of Synonyms for short-range
Adjective
  • Yet, with the funding freeze, these programs are now severely limited.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Prior analysis at the Urban Institute focused on improving tax administration shows that even if the IRS did share the data, differences between how taxes and SNAP are administered likely make the data of limited value.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The Florida Panthers traded for Marchand on March 7 for a conditional 2027 second-round pick, ending his lifelong run with one of the NHL’s storied franchises.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
  • My character is not conditional on my context (e.g., personal/professional, time pressure, reward systems, organization culture).
    Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • On top of that, unions still have to negotiate sufficient salary increases such that members will ratify the contract when the parties reach a tentative agreement.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • At a City Hall news conference Tuesday, the mayor took a victory lap over the tentative deal while hinting at his next steps for the financial conundrum that remains on his desk.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Lately, the concern that Trump’s tariffs could be inflationary has added another wrinkle, though Fed Chair Powell said this past Wednesday that their impact could be transitory.
    Kevin Stankiewicz,Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Previously, the area that would become the Wyoming Territory had been a transitory place that covered wagons passed through on their way west.
    Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Snapchat, meanwhile, exposed teens to risky interactions due to its ephemeral messaging, which fosters intimate but potentially unsafe connections.
    Abdulmalik Alluhidan, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
  • They’re not limited to Southern California, though; for more info on possible places these awesome, ephemeral displays might appear in 2025, check out the nonprofit Theodore Payne Foundation.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But for the most part these moments are fleeting, embarrassing; the characters try to connect with these figures of Firestone’s former world, and fail.
    Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Trust isn’t built by flash—it’s formed in those quick, fleeting moments when a brand chooses to engage.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite their respective errors, Chae-yeon, Sakamoto, and Glenn have all qualified to compete in Friday’s free skate.
    Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • If you’re set on purchasing anything with potentially faulty wiring, just be prepared to have your secondhand find rewired by a qualified electrician.
    Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Mar. 2025

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“Short-range.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/short-range. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.

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