reach
verb (used with object)
to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc..
reachable
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a word derived from
reach.
Example Sentences
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He was scheduled to carry a passenger from Fairbanks to Beaver, a predominantly Alaska Native village of fewer than 100 people about 110 miles north of the city, reachable only by air or river.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
He uprooted the green bushes on his small farm in a remote corner of the province of Meta in Colombia, reachable only by river, and replaced them with legal crops like cassava and plantain.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Eshtiwi in summertime is only reachable by a dirt track and, before AFP's visit, it had been years since international media had reached the village.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
The Hondius was the final cruise to visit Tristan, an island that is otherwise only reachable via a six-day boat ride from Africa, for the season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
The land was farther away at sunrise, but it looked reachable.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
