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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The Iron Dome, which the U.S. had a hand in developing, fends off short-range rockets, rather than barrages of long-range, very fast-traveling missiles early on in their flight.
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Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Trump also repeatedly said the system will be entirely made in the U.S.
Trump’s inspiration for Golden Dome stems from Israel’s Iron Dome, a system the small country uses to shoot down short-range rockets and artillery fired from up to 43 miles away.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 20 May 2025
With 4:55 to play, King finished on a driving short-range goal from seven yards out.
—Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2025
Before the referendum, the Bush administration detected that the PLA had put mobile short-range missile units near the Taiwan Strait on heightened alert.
—Bonny Lin, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2025
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Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Trump also repeatedly said the system will be entirely made in the U.S.
Trump’s inspiration for Golden Dome stems from Israel’s Iron Dome, a system the small country uses to shoot down short-range rockets and artillery fired from up to 43 miles away.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 20 May 2025
With 4:55 to play, King finished on a driving short-range goal from seven yards out.
—Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2025
Before the referendum, the Bush administration detected that the PLA had put mobile short-range missile units near the Taiwan Strait on heightened alert.
—Bonny Lin, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2025
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“Short-range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/short-range. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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