How to Use at hand in a Sentence

at hand

phrase
  • With that knowledge at hand, the Tigers have to make their choice.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 28 July 2026
  • Whether that cup is half full or half empty is the issue at hand.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 29 June 2026
  • If yes, then the preservation of our republic is at hand and in good hands.
    — Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • So there's nothing relevant at all to the larger case at hand.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 23 July 2026
  • Madix argued free speech, though the court found that her statements about the videos were not the issue at hand.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • So with all of that said and the context on our backgrounds real quick, let’s get into the topic at hand.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 9 July 2026
  • As for the choices at hand, the rivers and birds series highlights wildlife found across Europe.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Wire cutters, car starters, broken coffee mugs—anything at hand became a weapon.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026
  • What was that first post-race meeting like, once the enormous problem at hand became very obvious?
    — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The issue at hand was whether to advance a one-year data-center moratorium.
    — Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Calabasas is armed with quality skill players across the field with a veteran arm in Hardy at hand.
    — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Turning to the topic at hand, tax morale, specifically in Hungary in your case.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • These factors may have little to do with spreadsheets or strategic frameworks, but are valuable to the discussion or project at hand.
    — Athar Mirza, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The mystery at hand, while complicated, doesn’t really offer that much to unravel.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 June 2026
  • Ever mindful of the job at hand, Parton gently steered us back to the awards show, though not before turning to Brooks with a little smile.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The role of leadership is to tune the approach to the risk and complexity at hand, make the first steps intuitive and keep score on the behaviors that compound value.
    — Guy Yehiav, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • However, Sunny said Sadie often moved on to a different project before completing the movie at hand.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Aug. 2026
  • As the world looks to balance its energy demands and reduce carbon emissions, nuclear energy seems to be the only solution at hand.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Don’t ignore the opportunity at hand; here's why being a podcast guest can grow awareness and trust in your business, and serve as a low-cost customer acquisition strategy.
    — Chelsea Tobin, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • But relief may finally be at hand with the help of a new app, Dance Guru, and a virtual reality (VR) headset.
    — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 11 July 2026
  • In that sense, who the Lakers’ majority owner will be when the 2026-27 season begins isn’t the pressing question at hand.
    — Dan Woike, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The issue at hand isn’t with the Republican Party, but with Florida’s restrictive primary law.
    — Ethan Hicks, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Getting electricity from heat The problem at hand is that most electrically conductive materials also conduct heat well.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
  • With Homer’s Odyssey, for example, the readily available text easily allows critics to perceive what Nolan does, or doesn’t, do with the material at hand.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The capitulation of Germany is at hand, the Third Reich's unconditional surrender just days away.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, new state-level AI laws are being enacted that restrict how AI is to act when the AI is being utilized by someone in a specific state at hand.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Making vibe coding less sloppy Cloudflare OS can work with just about any AI model and allows organizations to select the most suitable model for the job at hand.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The question at hand is whether quantum computing can produce economically significant outcomes for commercially relevant issues.
    — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Experts say the situation is highlighting a bigger issue at hand than testosterone deficiency − an obsession with and major misunderstanding about masculinity.
    — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Deciding that destiny is at hand, TATA summons guardian robot VAN to prepare for an interstellar journey to Earth.
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

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