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Recent Examples of short-range
Thousands more were mounted on short-range aircraft and missile systems all over Europe, as well as on surface warships.
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Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
As temperatures in Kyiv are expected to plunge to minus-26 degrees Celsius beginning Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is moving to strengthen short-range air defenses against drones to protect frontline cities in the south and northeast.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Most efforts focus on lightweight, short-range deliveries such as food, groceries and medicine, though questions remain about noise, cost and whether drones can compete economically with vans at scale.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
That diversity became clear to Lee over a decade of chairing IEEE standards groups on short-range wireless communications.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Dec. 2025
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Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
As temperatures in Kyiv are expected to plunge to minus-26 degrees Celsius beginning Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is moving to strengthen short-range air defenses against drones to protect frontline cities in the south and northeast.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Most efforts focus on lightweight, short-range deliveries such as food, groceries and medicine, though questions remain about noise, cost and whether drones can compete economically with vans at scale.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
That diversity became clear to Lee over a decade of chairing IEEE standards groups on short-range wireless communications.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for short-range
Adjective
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Claimed to be an all-weather solution, the system provides precision, even in limited visibility scenarios.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Feb. 2026
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For instance, purebred Tajima Kuoge Wagyu cow beef, aged a minimum of 36 months, is supplied to a very limited number of restaurants worldwide, including Tsukimi, the Japanese eatery at the hotel.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Religious liberty should not be selective or conditional.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2026
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Kim and James Ratcliff have lived next to the property for 25 years and said that WVMA is not following the rules of its current conditional use permit.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Striking teachers reach deal with district SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco teachers reached a tentative agreement Friday with the school district to end their strike, the first such walkout in nearly 50 years.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Thousands of nurses still on strike NYSNA said NewYork-Presbyterian nurses reached a tentative agreement with the hospital Tuesday night, but nurses ultimately voted to reject the deal and mediator's proposal, meaning the strike would go on.—
John Dias,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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At least some traders now seem to be treating tariff talk as a transitory headline risk rather than the start of a lasting policy shift.—
Tracy Alloway,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
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Mortality threatens to render the achievements of our life as transitory, and this threat is removed by procreation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Pop music is ephemeral by nature.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
15 Feb. 2026
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Its only real beach is an ephemeral strand that appears seasonally, if luck will have it.—
Betsy Andrews,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Moore and her colleagues did not know then how fleeting that feeling would be.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
22 Feb. 2026
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In one thread, two lovers risk everything for a fleeting moment together and in another, a former video store owner struggles simply to stay alive.—
Teresa Xie,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2026
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Rather, they are required to provide such opportunities if legally qualified opposing candidates request it.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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The crackdown follows fatal crashes involving truck drivers who weren’t properly qualified, including incidents in Florida and Indiana that killed multiple people.—
Josh Funk,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Short-range.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/short-range. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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