Thesaurus results for HORIZON

horizon

noun

Definition of horizon

as in skyline

the space surrounding the earth They saw some birds just on the horizon. The couple drove off towards the horizon.

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Relevance

as in scope

an area of influence, knowledge, or understanding She wanted to expand her horizons so she went back to school.

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Recent Examples of horizon Those yields are extraordinary by recent standards but less so over a longer horizon. — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026 For the best chance of seeing them, NOAA recommends finding a dark location away from city lights and looking toward the northern horizon. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 At twilight, the mountains were etched against a dim horizon, the kill pen below like a torchlit encampment. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 Diop questioned the suitability of the traditional private equity model for small African businesses, arguing that the industry’s typical five-year investment horizon often forces exits before companies have fully matured. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for horizon

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Noun

The city of London is back in action, its famous gray clouds have returned to the city’s skyline for fall coinciding with the London Design Festival and London Fashion Week this month and Frieze Week in October.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Spider-Man swings across the skyline, saves the city and disappears before anyone can ask him to explain himself.

— Nicole DuBois, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of skyline

Noun

Requiring clear and standardized reporting on how 340B savings are deployed and properly defining the program scope can return the program to its original goal of supporting vulnerable patients rather than hospital bottom lines.

— Christina Smith, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026
The coverage at the North Portico was scheduled to be open to pre-credentialed media, a wider scope of reporters and photographers than the White House press pool.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of scope

Noun

Arizona led 2-1 in the third before the Padres went in front on Ty France's RBI groundout and Gavin Sheets' RBI double that center fielder Tim Tawa lost in the lights and twilight sky.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Its riveted, rounded-corner Traveler box trailer featured the unique distinction of working as a convertible, using a retractable fabric roof panel to open its cabin to the sky above.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of sky

Noun

Everyone gets mail, and the marvel of the postal system’s reach and distribution was intentionally used as an anthrax dissemination machine.

— Daniel Jernigan, STAT, 26 Sep. 2026
On the other hand, Raman certainly hasn’t put things out of reach, despite the fact that Bass carries the baggage of the Palisades fire and has made only minimal progress on her signature issue — homelessness.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of reach

Noun

Highlights of Daniels excelling for the Tigers in big games might be considered within the ambit of newsworthiness and defeat a right-of-publicity claim.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Will some of our operations fall within the sanctions’ ambit?

— Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere, Forbes.com, 6 May 2026

Definition of ambit

Noun

The equipment changes add to a range of efforts Peloton is making to boost its business.

— Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
Soon Ponant will also deploy the RESQ Robot, a device inspired by sea turtles that’s engineered for close-range, low-impact recording of marine fauna.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of range

Noun

Funke, as a whole, keeps fine-tuning in both the savory and sweet realms.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Gap took the idea into a more accessible realm during New York Fashion Week, announcing its new Five-Pocket Tote and the rest of Reed Krakoff’s GapBag collection with a large installation of the model at Rockefeller Center.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of realm

Noun

That combination of domain mastery, systems fluency and outcome ownership is genuinely rare.

— Ali Alkhafaji, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
GoDaddy — The Internet domain registry jumped roughly 3% after The Financial Times reported that Gen Digital made a takeover offer for GoDaddy.

— Michelle Fox,Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026

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