short-range

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Recent Examples of short-range Israel is well known for its vaunted Iron Dome short-range air defense system, one of the many layers of air defenses the country uses to fend off different types of attacks. Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025 Analysts cite Russia’s growing use of short-range fiber-optic drones that can’t be jammed as one example of the technological race. Tim Lister, CNN Money, 29 May 2025 Developed in partnership with the U.S., Israel's defense system is made up of a collection of interceptions of short-range rockets, shells and mortars. Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 29 May 2025 China increased its deployment of short-range ballistic missiles aimed at Taiwan sevenfold from the beginning of Chen’s term in 2000 to early 2008. Bonny Lin, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for short-range
Recent Examples of Synonyms for short-range
Adjective
  • There’s a lot riding on this Evita that’s costing north of $6 million for a 12-week limited run.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 June 2025
  • The limited engagement is set to run through Jan. 4, 2026.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • My love for Native natural deodorant is very much conditional.
    Laura Harold, Outside Online, 14 June 2025
  • FedEx applied for a conditional use permit to allow parking of semi-trucks and trailers on a 9-acre lot at 4700 Martin St. in Southeast Fort Worth, near Loop 820.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2025
Adjective
  • The concession was part of a tentative agreement the California Attorneys, Administrative Law Judges and Hearing Officers in State Employment reached with the state.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025
  • Finally, a friend got back to me with a tentative lead.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • There’s a transitory nature in a lot of communities, so maybe people don’t feel as invested in them.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2025
  • Reilly also credits the transitory nature of many residents for making Iowa City so welcoming.
    Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • Rogen lands a few funny lines, but the jokes mostly serve to distract from the point of the story: that freedom is ephemeral and easily corrupted, while humans are inherently piggish (as opposed to the other way around), seizing the first opportunity to take more than their share.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 June 2025
  • Episodes of natural selection are sometimes ephemeral, and evidence of them vanishes from our genomes when the selective pressures subside or when populations mix.
    Kermit Pattison, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • Other main themes that guests can find in Guidi’s work are the relationship between space and light, between the solidity of architecture and the fleeting nature of the instant, between urban space and individual perception, between material traces and memory.
    Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 20 June 2025
  • To choose security over a passion that may be fleeting? Much of the humor in the film flows from Lucy’s cynicism about life and love.
    Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Adjective
  • Spurs qualified for the Champions League after winning the Europa League last season.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 18 June 2025
  • So the rules for deferring capital gains through investments in qualified opportunity funds are prescribed in section 1400Z-2.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025

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“Short-range.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/short-range. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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