beyond the reach of

idiom

: beyond the control of
His illness was beyond the reach of medicine.

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The amount of energy needed to probe scales so tiny is far beyond the reach of any practical technology. Tom Siegfried, JSTOR Daily, 19 Dec. 2024 Mordecai missed his last two attempts: a deep ball down the sideline that was just beyond the reach of receiver Malik Turner, and a fastball over the middle that was too high and hot for receiver Trent Taylor. Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024 Quantum computing, which uses subatomic particles to solve problems far beyond the reach of traditional computers, took a leap forward in 2024. Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 Tech companies are racing to develop quantum computers that can solve complex problems far beyond the reach of traditional computers. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for beyond the reach of 

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“Beyond the reach of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beyond%20the%20reach%20of. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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