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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
Travel will expand your horizons.
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Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
25 June 2026
Ahead, designers share their favorite strategies for making the most of the vertical space in your room and expanding your design horizons, one inch at a time.
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Alyssa Longobucco,
Architectural Digest,
25 June 2026
That discipline extends to how Nasdaq allocates capital across time horizons.
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Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
For those looking to broaden their driving horizons beyond our country’s borders, a recent report by eCarsTrade that ranks the most Instagrammed road trips worldwide might provide some fresh inspiration.
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Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
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Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
25 June 2026
Ahead, designers share their favorite strategies for making the most of the vertical space in your room and expanding your design horizons, one inch at a time.
—
Alyssa Longobucco,
Architectural Digest,
25 June 2026
That discipline extends to how Nasdaq allocates capital across time horizons.
—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
For those looking to broaden their driving horizons beyond our country’s borders, a recent report by eCarsTrade that ranks the most Instagrammed road trips worldwide might provide some fresh inspiration.
—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horizon
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In the other direction, Satwa and Bur Dubai offer a taste of the old city, before all the bright lights and superlatives took over the skyline.
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Chicago is known for its imposing skyline, including the Park Millennium Condos, The Aqua, the Fairmont Hotel, Blue Cross Blue Sheild Building and Aon Center buildings.
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Parias' case showcases the nexus of the issues — and the narrow scope of oversight and resources within the judicial and agency level for someone injured by the federal agency that is also detaining them.
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His LinkedIn profile currently lists his most recent title as vice president of booster engineering—a refinement that narrows his scope to Starship’s first-stage Super Heavy booster, the most complex and powerful rocket booster ever constructed.
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In the meantime, the Dallas FBI is busy trying to keep drones out of the sky around FIFA venues like Dallas Stadium and the FIFA Fan Festival.
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The search for Gracie the giraffe, missing in Texas, hit its two-week mark on June 25 as the manager of her ranch is continuing to scour rugged terrain from the ground and sky.
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Rollins sneaked into the ring area and took the brass knuckles out of Theory’s reach.
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When a wandering wolf threatens his fragile peace and slaughters his flock, Gaspard, blinded by rage, embarks on a perilous quest for vengeance — one that will lead him to the farthest reaches of his sorrow and guilt.
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Yet the kind of misrepresentations experienced by Tkachuk and Harris aren’t within the ambit of intimate imagery laws.
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When infused with the power of a rising hegemon, those men were capable of actions that expanded their empire’s ambit.
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The luxury market typically tops out in the $30-million to $40-million range in Orange County, though some properties are aiming higher, including a San Juan Capistrano ranch asking $85 million and an 11,500-square-foot mansion in Newport Coast listed for $68 million.
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Acuff had his biggest game of the year in a double-overtime loss to Alabama, scoring 49 points on 16-of-27 shooting while going 6 of 10 from 3-point range.
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Telepathy has long resided in the realm of science fiction and fantasy, from X-Men’s Professor X to Star Trek’s Vulcan mind meld to Stranger Things’ Eleven.
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Nothing more than wanting to protect his mother and protect the realm.
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From its earliest days, Anthropic identified coding as the most important domain in AI to focus on.
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With the success of Kpop Demon Hunters, Netflix is bringing feature animation squarely under the domain of Hannah Minghella.
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“Horizon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizon. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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