short-range
adjective
1
: involving or taking into account a short period of time
short-range plans
2
: relating to or fit for short distances
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This came after the North Korean launch of multiple short-range ballistic missiles over the Sea of Japan—referred to as the East Sea in South Korea.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
The game includes the usual stockpile of varied weapons—from short-range shotguns to long-range semi-automatics to high-damage explosives with dangerous blowback—and doles them out slowly enough that major new options are still being introduced well into the back half of the game.
—ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
North Korea has also exported short-range ballistic missiles, among other weapons, to Russia for use in the war in Ukraine, according to U.S. and allied intelligence agencies as well as independent researchers.
—Reuters, NBC news, 8 May 2025
Plan derives from Israel’s Iron Dome Trump’s dreams for the Golden Dome stem from Israel’s Iron Dome, a system the small country uses as a means to take out short-range rockets and artillery fired from up to 43 miles away.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 4 May 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
The game includes the usual stockpile of varied weapons—from short-range shotguns to long-range semi-automatics to high-damage explosives with dangerous blowback—and doles them out slowly enough that major new options are still being introduced well into the back half of the game.
—ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
North Korea has also exported short-range ballistic missiles, among other weapons, to Russia for use in the war in Ukraine, according to U.S. and allied intelligence agencies as well as independent researchers.
—Reuters, NBC news, 8 May 2025
Plan derives from Israel’s Iron Dome Trump’s dreams for the Golden Dome stem from Israel’s Iron Dome, a system the small country uses as a means to take out short-range rockets and artillery fired from up to 43 miles away.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 4 May 2025
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“Short-range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/short-range. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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