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Recent Examples of short-range
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.
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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
The name takes inspiration from Israel's vaunted Iron Dome air defenses, although they are designed to intercept short-range threats, not long-range missiles.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
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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
The name takes inspiration from Israel's vaunted Iron Dome air defenses, although they are designed to intercept short-range threats, not long-range missiles.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for short-range
Adjective
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Daryanani also noted that Apple’s recently reported revenue and EPS (earnings per share) for the December quarter exceeded expectations, with the company delivering better-than-expected gross margin, driven by limited memory impact and robust Services growth.—
TipRanks,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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Currently, the electronic skin only covers limited surface areas.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Several long-standing vaccines, including flu and meningitis shots, were suddenly shifted into a conditional category.—
Josh M. Shepherd,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Is my life here, as an American, after all, merely conditional?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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The district and union on Saturday came to a tentative agreement on a sanctuary school policy, mirroring the city’s own, that aims to protect immigrant and refugee students.—
Christopher Buchanan,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Nurses at Montefiore and Mount Sinai hospital systems have reached tentative agreements with management to end a historic strike that began nearly a month ago, the New York State Nurses Association announced Monday.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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A lot of what’s gone on is just multiple expansion, optimism about a weaker dollar, excitement about consumer spending trends overseas and other ephemeral ideas that haven’t yet become manifest in the companies’ actual results.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
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In a historic example of incredible shortsightedness, Democratic leadership first used the far left for its own fleeting political advantage.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2026
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As one of the most influential gatherings in the beauty and fragrance industry, Cosmoprof provides an ideal platform to showcase a perfume that prioritizes emotional resonance over fleeting trends.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
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Having earned degrees in political science and history at Ohio’s Miami University, Nixon was arguably over-qualified to be a roots-rocking, hell-raising provocateur who somehow was embraced by MTV for several years and went on to become the host of several shows on Sirius XM Radio.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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Offering interviews to any qualified applicant for an open position and including images of male servers in promotional materials that depict front-of-house employees.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Short-range.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/short-range. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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