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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
That can start with making sure your savings are earning the best returns possible and are parked in the right types of accounts, given your needs and time horizon.
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Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 7 May 2025
This transit encourages you to expand your horizons, so don’t be afraid to take that class, book that flight or venture into the unknown.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 6 May 2025
Stargazers are recommended to find an elevated location, ideally an open field, or a quiet coastline with a clear view of the eastern horizon.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
Some advice is certainly helpful, but the idea of mastery in parenting is an illusion—one that seems to lurk just beyond an ever-receding horizon.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
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Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 7 May 2025
This transit encourages you to expand your horizons, so don’t be afraid to take that class, book that flight or venture into the unknown.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 6 May 2025
Stargazers are recommended to find an elevated location, ideally an open field, or a quiet coastline with a clear view of the eastern horizon.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
Some advice is certainly helpful, but the idea of mastery in parenting is an illusion—one that seems to lurk just beyond an ever-receding horizon.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for horizon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horizon
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This sophisticated rooftop bar, located atop The Morrow Hotel in D.C.’s lively NoMa district, offers sweeping 360-degree views of the city skyline.—
Taryn White,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Joe Cox, the president and CEO of the Museum of Discovery and Science, has noticed two major changes in the area: the city skyline and the kids.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2025
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The scope for Wieffer, O’Riley and Gomez to improve in their second seasons at Brighton provides hope of bridging the gap.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Are these films more intimate in scope, or has there been there a shift in scale?—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
17 May 2025
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This year’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and highs in the upper 70s to low 80s over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service — a welcome change from the 2022 event, which was held during a May heat wave.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacbee.com,
13 May 2025
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Is a nova explosion about to light up the night sky?—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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But for three years, a packed schedule kept that dream just out of reach.—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian children are starving while food is sitting in trucks, just out of reach.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2025
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Last year, it was announced that the paper would no longer issue endorsements in local elections, and the ambit of the excellent Metro section has narrowed considerably.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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For enterprise users, Canva has expanded its ambit to include access management, Secure Single Sign-On integrations, and bulk content creation tools like Magic Studio at Scale which auto-generates campaigns using data templates.—
Anisha Sircar,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Specifically, researchers discovered a link between a heart failure diagnosis and having problems with a broad range of mental processes, such as memory, paying attention, and planning.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
Health,
16 May 2025
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Today, these models are constantly changing, from text-centric tools to multimodal solutions that can work with a much wider range of file data, including images, videos, sound and more.—
Nick Burling,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Until recently, China's entries in the realm of spaceflight patches often lacked the originality found in patches from the West.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
17 May 2025
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Still, the show’s tone offers audiences something atypical in the realm of sci-fi action.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
16 May 2025
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In the 10,000 sample records there were 220 email addresses with .gov domains.—
Matt Burgess,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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As described, Golden Dome would use the sensors in a layered approach in which they are installed on a variety of platforms in multiple domains, including ground, sea, air and space.—
Iain Boyd,
The Conversation,
22 May 2025
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“Horizon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizon. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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