SHORT-RANGE Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

short-range

adjective

Definition of short-range

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Recent Examples of short-range In areas closest to the front line, short-range drones have been responsible for the bulk of civilian deaths and injuries in 2026, according to the UN. — Niamh Kennedy, CNN Money, 14 July 2026 Through these simulations, the research team found that long-range atomic ordering creates a sort of highway for the corrosion process when compared to short-range random structuring. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026 Since 2023, Ukraine has developed an effective arsenal of short-range First Person View (FPV) drones that now cause more than 90% of Russian casualties, according to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. — Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 9 June 2026 But even here, there is no indication that Iraqi Kurdistan can secure the acquisition of even short-range systems for the point defense of critical infrastructure such as airports and government buildings. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for short-range

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Adjective

Most of those new households are dual-income with limited free time.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
The Fever committed 17 turnovers, which the Sparks (9-11) converted into 22 points, and star Caitlin Clark scored her second-fewest point total this season with just nine in limited minutes.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of limited

Adjective

The city gave conditional approval to the incentives on June 22, but that resolution states consent would be rescinded and voided if the city doesn’t receive funds in line with the original agreement.

— John Marks, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
More storms may develop in the afternoon east of Interstate 35, with the threat of severe weather being conditional, the weather service said.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026

Definition of conditional

Adjective

As the situation in the south has calmed under a tentative truce, Hamza is waiting for the animals’ owners to return and reclaim them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Warsh’s tentative first steps in the role are being scrutinized perhaps more than any Fed chair in history.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 July 2026

Definition of tentative

Adjective

On the National Mall this week, Freedom 250 signs pointed visitors toward temporary state pavilions, a Ferris wheel and mobile, transitory history exhibits.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 3 July 2026
In June of that year, as the Fed pivoted off its transitory-inflation stance, the team used its quarterly investor call to lay out the changes coming to its investment and property management approach.

— Nia Bowers, USA Today, 25 June 2026

Definition of transitory

Adjective

How his work embraces the ephemeral, how that is expressed in pieces made to last much longer than a season.

— Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
And most ephemeral but perhaps most affecting were the shows that say something about our country and culture through their nuanced and often allegorical storytelling.

— Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 June 2026

Definition of ephemeral

Adjective

That value comes from the cast member who notices a nervous child, the detail a family discovers together, the meal that anchors the day and the fleeting sense that this experience could not have unfolded in quite the same way for anyone else.

— Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
The visual reflects the song’s themes of staying grounded in the present while recognizing the fleeting nature of life and the people closest to us.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 8 July 2026

Definition of fleeting

Adjective

Lopes, the captain of Shamrock Rovers, who won a domestic double last season, qualified for Cape Verde through his father, Carlos, who grew up there.

— Tom Burrows, New York Times, 12 July 2026
Small businesses are struggling to hire, with 62% trying to fill positions but 84% unable to find qualified applicants, revealing a significant skills gap.

— Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026

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