at hand

1. Also, close or near at hand . Within easy reach, nearby, as in I like to keep my tools close at hand . [1300s]

2. Also, on hand . Nearby in time, soon, as in The day of judgment is at hand , or A change of administration is on hand . Also see on hand .

Example Sentences

As in many such shows — “Abbott Elementary,” characterized as the savior of network comedy, to name but one — the workplace at hand is something of an underdog.

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“Dahomey” is at its most blazingly confrontational when Diop includes footage of a panel session in which students discuss the issues at hand.

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LLMs function by gleaning patterns in the data and trying to match a pattern to the question at hand.

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But once the scripts started coming in, you realize the writers had it at hand.

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If one of us falls short in the task at hand, somebody else comes in and picks him up.

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