Example Sentences

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The reachability enabled by digital command also produced anxiety—if anyone could gain access to a push button, how could society maintain control over the unskilled, incompetent, or evil-doing controller?

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2022

For some, there was confusion about this gesture: One reviewer was instead trying to swipe upwards from the bottom of the screen and then toss the app window downwards in order to summon reachability.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2017

Take, for example, the gesture for reachability, the feature that pulls the screen downwards and makes it more friendly for one-handed use.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2017

You can invoke reachability by swiping downwards on a small black “gesture bar” at the bottom of your iPhone X’s screen—a move that sounds simple, but is still tricky to do.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2017

That leads to some UI issues, notably with Apple’s reachability:

From Forbes • Sep. 19, 2014