How to Use long-range in a Sentence

long-range

adjective
  • The long-range forecast calls for a high of 48 degrees and rain.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
  • And yet the authors of this campaign have long-range goals, not just short-term ones.
    The Editors, National Review, 8 May 2023
  • A lot of people want to be that long-range, thousand-yard sniper.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 7 May 2023
  • And the current Dodgers want to win every game, but not at the expense of long-range goals.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
  • Smart willingly pulled Capela from the hoop and fired away from long-range.
    Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • This is true even when the fighters also had long-range weapons.
    Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2023
  • But we are not done with the long-range implications of covid.
    Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
  • So far, long-range forecasts for March are looking wet and cold.
    Jack Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Best Fit: The TarHunt is a long-range slayer for the accuracy snob.
    Tony Hansen, Outdoor Life, 22 June 2023
  • And the long-range version currently being sold has a range of 330 miles.
    Scott Burns, Dallas News, 18 May 2023
  • The Ukrainians want to go on the attack, either on the ground or with long-range strikes, with the hopes of seizing the world’s attention.
    Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Goicoechea converted a long-range shot with two seconds left in the third quarter for a 6-3 lead.
    Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2023
  • There is nothing in the public record to suggest that Trump does long-range planning.
    Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 26 July 2024
  • The weapon, the JCS said, was believed to be a long-range ballistic missile launched at a high angle.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The complaint showed photos of the suspect with a long-range rifle and a type of camouflage known as a ghillie suit.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • This vocalization is a long-range call that announces the presence of the turkey that sounds it out.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
  • The other would have been for a larger, long-range drone in Ukraine to slip through Russian air defenses.
    Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 3 May 2023
  • Britain also led the way in being the first Western country to supply long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine.
    Garret Martin, The Conversation, 6 June 2023
  • While the hottest temperatures may have peaked over the weekend, the long-range outlook looks to remain quite warm for the Northwest.
    Jennifer Gray, CNN, 15 May 2023
  • Either way, long-range electric camping seems to have finally made its way to the US.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 May 2023
  • This long-range heating is apparent among its four Galilean moons.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • By the numbers: The growing urgency of Georgia can also be seen in the Trump campaign's long-range ad buys.
    Axios, 18 Aug. 2024
  • How does the Old Farmer's Almanac make long-range weather predictions?
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 30 July 2024
  • The People’s Park project, plus other housing outlined in the long-range plan, would double the number of on-campus beds.
    Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
  • All of this—the FPV drones, the long-range bombers, the flight simulators—is Ukrainian innovation at work.
    Justin Ling, WIRED, 2 May 2024
  • In September, a long-range missile launched by the Houthis reached central Israel.
    Mona Yacoubian, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2024
  • One weapon Biden announced is a long-range bomb known as the Joint Standoff Weapon, which can be released from more planes and fly to targets as far as 80 miles away.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Rashford gave United a shock lead in the first half when his thundering, long-range effort from around 30 yards out went in off the crossbar.
    George Ramsay, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The Crimson Tide got off to a poor start on long-range shooting, making just 2 of 19 3-pointers before halftime.
    Kristie Rieken, ajc, 4 Mar. 2023
  • That reflects a new focus on long-range shooting set by coach Billy Donovan.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2024

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