short-range
adjective
1
: involving or taking into account a short period of time
short-range plans
2
: relating to or fit for short distances
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There are also some weapon systems that only the US can provide, including the Patriot defense systems which are capable of bringing down cruise missiles, hypersonic missiles, short-range ballistic missiles and aircraft.
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
At the conference, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged $2 billion in financing to supply Ukraine with 5,000 short-range Martlet air-defense missiles, produced by French firm Thales at a factory in Belfast.
—David Axe, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
This tri-band middle child adds the 6-GHz band for rapid and stable short-range Wi-Fi.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2025
Influenza may be able to spread by contact with contaminated surfaces, with short-range coughs flinging droplets at people's faces and also by long-term airborne transmission.
—Meredith Wolf Schizer, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
At the conference, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged $2 billion in financing to supply Ukraine with 5,000 short-range Martlet air-defense missiles, produced by French firm Thales at a factory in Belfast.
—David Axe, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
This tri-band middle child adds the 6-GHz band for rapid and stable short-range Wi-Fi.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2025
Influenza may be able to spread by contact with contaminated surfaces, with short-range coughs flinging droplets at people's faces and also by long-term airborne transmission.
—Meredith Wolf Schizer, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Short-range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/short-range. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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