close at hand
Example Sentences
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Mr. Weidensaul explores the practice of “rewilding,” a concept that might be foreign to Americans accustomed to having large tracts of public and private wildlands close at hand.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
First, don’t trade too much; second, only buy losers when you are confident that a market bottom is close at hand and a big recovery will follow.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Huw Jones, one of the most formidable attackers in the history of the Scotland team, dropped a ball with the try-line close at hand.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
I’ve never felt my femininity to be particularly close at hand, and certainly on “Pure Heroine,” I don’t think there’s any gender attached to that narrator.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025
For when the maple sap began to run it meant that warmer days, pleasant sun, all the beauties of spring were close at hand.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
