within reach
idiom
1
: close enough to be touched or picked up : nearby
He kept a dictionary within reach.
2
: close enough to be achieved
Victory was within reach.
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That’s when Alex has the realization that the love of her life is within reach.
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The challenge is there, and the solutions are within reach.
—Hany Naeem, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Public officials who insisted such efforts were impossible, in an instant, demonstrated that a cleaner, safer city was always within reach.
—Carson Becker, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
But a grunt job as an assistant handling in-betweens and clean-ups was within reach.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2025
The challenge is there, and the solutions are within reach.
—Hany Naeem, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Public officials who insisted such efforts were impossible, in an instant, demonstrated that a cleaner, safer city was always within reach.
—Carson Becker, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
But a grunt job as an assistant handling in-betweens and clean-ups was within reach.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for within reach
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“Within reach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/within%20reach. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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