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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
These are system failures—the result of a horizon that no longer matches how opportunities actually form.
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Adam Feiner, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
All this is just a temporary dark cloud on your horizon.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 28 May 2026
Responsibility is spread across communications, legal, compliance, HR, government affairs, and security, each operating with different incentives and time horizons.
—Jonathan Jordan, Fortune, 27 May 2026
You should also be tuned into your goal for the annuity, as well as your time horizon.
—Aly J Yale, CBS News, 21 May 2026
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Adam Feiner, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
All this is just a temporary dark cloud on your horizon.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 28 May 2026
Responsibility is spread across communications, legal, compliance, HR, government affairs, and security, each operating with different incentives and time horizons.
—Jonathan Jordan, Fortune, 27 May 2026
You should also be tuned into your goal for the annuity, as well as your time horizon.
—Aly J Yale, CBS News, 21 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for horizon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horizon
Noun
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The property is designed with all rooms on one side of the building, assuring a better view of the surrounding skyline rather than a neighboring building.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Offering patio seating with terrace views of the downtown Fort Worth skyline.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
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Your career and personal goals might not align with the scope and offer of the deal.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
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Still, Bartos argues the pace and scope of reform changed dramatically once the United States began applying pressure through budget negotiations and funding discussions.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
Noun
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There’s a chance that the aurora borealis will appear in the sky above Idaho’s capital city on Thursday, June 4, according to the National Weather Service.—
Darin Oswald,
Idaho Statesman,
5 June 2026
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Locals and tourists alike often flock to Mallory Square to watch the sky turn into a fire before dark.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
4 June 2026
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Expect smart, mood-setting lighting within easy reach of the bed, neon accents that frame the W’s famously comfortable bed, a tech-forward setup that feels intuitive, and lightning-fast Wi-Fi.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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But it has been taught, somewhere along the way, to perform this devotion and then step around the women who embody it, as though reverence were something that belonged only in stone, only in myth, only safely out of reach of the living.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
1 June 2026
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Will some of our operations fall within the sanctions’ ambit?—
Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2026
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Yet the kind of misrepresentations experienced by Tkachuk and Harris aren’t within the ambit of intimate imagery laws.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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City Manager Mark Dunning said the budgets City Council members voted to advance Tuesday night, which would go into effect July 1, would not cut current city employees but would maintain a hiring freeze the city implemented last month on around 30 open positions across a range of departments.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
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Historically, mega-mergers in the $10 billion to $20 billion range have been harder to make a success, Lüneborg told CNBC.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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At some point these imaginary works pass into the realm of co-creation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Instead, use binders in nature that can assemble natural materials into a future where Earth can digest the architectural realm.—
Marcella Baietto,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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Research on fine art collections in wealthy families — another domain where the older generation controls the asset and the younger one will inherit the complications — found that roughly six in 10 collectors haven’t discussed their collections with their heirs at all.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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That cycle will repeat across every enterprise use case until organizations treat AI deployment as a serious engineering and domain expertise challenge, not a demo.—
Praful Saklani,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Horizon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizon. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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