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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Imagine Saratoga being known not only as beautiful and kind but as a place where people have a real chance to advance because our best-in-class schools are within reach.
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Belal Aftab, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
The roomy front pockets are a bonus for keeping earbuds, a wallet, or your boarding pass within reach.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
Shoot the puck a little more, Tim, and that’s within reach.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
As their season careens to a close this week, with a 70-87 record going into Wednesday night, a last-place finish assured and the only record within reach being that for strikeouts in a season by the offense, contention seems as far away as it’s ever been.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
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Belal Aftab, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
The roomy front pockets are a bonus for keeping earbuds, a wallet, or your boarding pass within reach.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
Shoot the puck a little more, Tim, and that’s within reach.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
As their season careens to a close this week, with a 70-87 record going into Wednesday night, a last-place finish assured and the only record within reach being that for strikeouts in a season by the offense, contention seems as far away as it’s ever been.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Within reach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/within%20reach. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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