horizon

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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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Recent Examples of horizon The flames are brilliant orange, cut against black smoke and the blue horizon. Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025 Such a fund allocates your money across other stock and bond funds – often index funds – to achieve an allocation that best suits your time horizon to retirement. Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025 Expect to travel and expand your horizons. Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025 The sock brand Bombas is expanding its horizons by opening three brick-and-mortar stores this fall – the first physical locations for the brand. Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for horizon
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Noun
  • Within a few short years, if Adam Goldstein has his way, the skyline over America’s great cities could look very different.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • General view of the City of London skyline, the capital’s financial district.
    Hugh Leask, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As its name suggests, a macroscope is an instrument for making large-scale entities (macro-) visible to the eye (scope).
    Big Think, Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Scant details While the diplomatic momentum appeared strong, few details were released about the scope of the new trade frameworks.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That night the telegraph network near London collapsed while an aurora lit up the sky.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Serpens is the only constellation that appears in two halves in the night sky, with Serpens Caput appearing to the right of the constellation Ophiuchus, with Serpens Cauda — the tail — appearing to the snake bearer's left.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Rae’s latest move proves her creative reach goes far beyond Hollywood.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
  • This season also marks the beginning of the NBA’s lucrative new broadcast deal, which for the first time includes a streaming giant, Amazon Prime, in part to expand the league’s global reach, while games are being played as far afield as the UAE and Australia.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To that point, Bataillon reasoned that an eligibility rule doesn’t fall within the ambit of Alston since the rule is not about compensation, let alone the type of compensation at issue in Alston.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 July 2025
  • Those who would argue that this abuse of power constitutes a crime should remember that Trump and his team have avidly proclaimed that presidents must have immunity from criminal prosecution for acts within the broad ambit of executive power.
    The Editors, National Review, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • The Blue Jackets could not solve Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson until midway through the third period, watching several prime scoring chances get erased by Thompson’s glove and others clang off the posts from close range.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The group’s charitable trust claims to have donated funds worth $14 million to help Cambodians in a range of initiatives.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Stargazers interested in getting a closer look at the wonders of the night sky should check out our roundups of the best telescopes and binoculars available in 2025, while those new to the hobby should read our roundup of the best smartphone astronomy apps for navigating the post sunset realm.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Since March 30, the planet of dreams and subconscious realms has been testing the waters in Aries, hinting at a new collective era of self-reinvention and spiritual autonomy.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • One key mission of the Space Force is space domain awareness (SDA), which is focused on tracking and monitoring objects in space.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In law, finance, tax, and other high stakes domains, wrong answers do not just waste time.
    Joel Hron, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Horizon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizon. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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