the horizon
noun
: the line where the earth or sea seems to meet the sky
The sun rose slowly over/above the eastern horizon.
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On the tower’s other side, boundless flats of sand and cracked mud spread to the horizon across what was, prior to the river’s damming a century ago, one of Earth’s great green estuaries.
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Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Within hours, my husband had driven us across Indiana and into Illinois where dusk purpled the horizon, and then into Missouri as the night turned truly black.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
These meteors are best seen during the last dark hour before dawn, when the radiant lies highest above the horizon in a dark sky.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 14 Dec. 2025
Holidays When the main Great British Baking Show ends each year, the holiday edition's festive lights brighten the horizon.
—Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
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Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Within hours, my husband had driven us across Indiana and into Illinois where dusk purpled the horizon, and then into Missouri as the night turned truly black.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
These meteors are best seen during the last dark hour before dawn, when the radiant lies highest above the horizon in a dark sky.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 14 Dec. 2025
Holidays When the main Great British Baking Show ends each year, the holiday edition's festive lights brighten the horizon.
—Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the horizon
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“The horizon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20horizon. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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