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as in to contact
to transmit information or requests to
you can reach me by phone after 3:00 p.m. most days
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as in to affect
to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response
the movie adaptation just didn't reach me the way the novel did
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as in scope
an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends
she's got a good memory, but critical thinking seems to be beyond her reach
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as in rank
usually reaches plural
the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement
there are still only a few women in the upper reaches of the profession
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as in expansion
a wide space or area
a wide reach of woods
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Recent Examples of reach
Chris Cardillo, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
While cord-cutting continues to erode the national pay-TV base, local sports has managed to offset any losses in linear reach with a rapidly expanding streaming audience.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Jennifer Maas, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
That audience is based on Amazon’s internal data over the year to August 2025, and marks a sharp rise from a reach of 200 million monthly viewers recorded in April 2024.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Then somehow — if the vision is strong enough and buzz reaches the right people — money naturally starts trickling in.
—Chris Cardillo, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
While cord-cutting continues to erode the national pay-TV base, local sports has managed to offset any losses in linear reach with a rapidly expanding streaming audience.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
And the reach of Prime Video, especially globally, is really, really amazing.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
That audience is based on Amazon’s internal data over the year to August 2025, and marks a sharp rise from a reach of 200 million monthly viewers recorded in April 2024.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reach
Verb
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Trump came close to victory in the 2020 presidential election but may have contributed to the Republican Party’s defeat in the Georgia Senate runoff election, handing the Democratic Party full control of Washington for the first time since 2011.—
Jamelle Bouie,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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Grounds laid for a civil court appeal Before the judge handed the case to the jury Wednesday, the defense argued a statement by one of Zwerner’s attorneys that Parker did not testify in her defense could be seen as prejudicial by the jury.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The court also specified that Sarkozy is forbidden from contacting people implicated in his case as well as the current French Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin, who came under public scrutiny for visiting Sarkozy in prison in October, according to BFMTV.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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Newsweek has contacted the Heritage Foundation for comment by email outside normal business hours.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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So what happens if your flight is affected?—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
7 Nov. 2025
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But the one part MLB can’t affect is where NCAA sports are in general.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Every 10 years, after a long debate about the scope and parameters of public funding for the BBC and the issuing of white papers, a charter for its continual operation is submitted to the Sovereign, now King Charles III, for the royal seal of approval.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
10 Nov. 2025
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The training program at Base Aeronaval Cristóbal Colón, formerly known as Fort Sherman, is relatively small in scope but is expected to ramp up over the next year, according to one defense official.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
10 Nov. 2025
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While 96% of CEOs view innovation as central to sustainability, only one in four rank it among their top strategic priorities.—
Sanda Ojiambo,
Fortune,
11 Nov. 2025
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In 2024, she was posthumously awarded the rank of brigadier general in the Maryland Army National Guard in recognition of the raid.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The expansion of the role of pharmacies has meant that paying cash for generic drugs and services can also be cheaper at times.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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However, the major result emerging from this research is the implication that the universe is not expanding at an accelerating rate, but has already transitioned into a state of decelerating expansion.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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In response, Delaware last March passed a law to make the state more alluring, to which Texas quickly counter-punched with an even friendlier law.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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No ordinance was passed that declared the bottom 5 percent of Burgher children (later raised to 10) superfluous, but this was the beginning of a long period of economic contraction throughout the empire, and competition for a dwindling supply of guild positions became intense.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Their noise got loudest at night when the city became quiet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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And Natalie is still justifiably concerned about her dad, calling him up during his night from hell and getting no information from him.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Reach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reach. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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