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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
Do something to broaden your horizons through study, exploring new and unfamiliar experiences or meeting people from different backgrounds.
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
At long last, the Bob Baker Marionette Theater can relax and look toward new horizons.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Tobacco users start when peer sensitivity, sensation-seeking, impulsivity, and short time horizons shape decision-making.
—Katharine Silbaugh, STAT, 19 May 2026
Cliff edges, forest clearings, and island horizons; the contemporary properties are designed to dissolve into their surroundings.
—William Jones, USA Today, 18 May 2026
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
At long last, the Bob Baker Marionette Theater can relax and look toward new horizons.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Tobacco users start when peer sensitivity, sensation-seeking, impulsivity, and short time horizons shape decision-making.
—Katharine Silbaugh, STAT, 19 May 2026
Cliff edges, forest clearings, and island horizons; the contemporary properties are designed to dissolve into their surroundings.
—William Jones, USA Today, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horizon
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During each session, expert instructors guide flowing yoga sessions and meditation with sweeping London skyline views.—
Rachel Dube,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Under the leadership of former Don Artemio part-owner Adrian Burciaga, the South Main Village restaurant offers a patio and upstairs terrace with views of the downtown Fort Worth skyline.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 May 2026
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The plans, however, were complicated by the project’s ambitious scope.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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Previously, when Artemis III was conceived as a moon landing test, the mission was expected to last three to four weeks, according to the European Space Agency, but that timeline doesn’t necessarily apply to the new scope.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
16 May 2026
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At the top of the food chain, the bald eagle dominates in the sky alone with its impressive wingspan and sharp talons.—
Sarah Raza,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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The rooms The property is divided into two towers that are connected by a sky bridge.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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There is, of course, the ever-tightening constraints of the international publishing market that limit the reach of any book not either a) originally published in English or b) published in a country with the money to ensure its translation and distribution into English.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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That reunion now seems out of reach, with Pras having begun a 14-year federal prison sentence after his conviction for conspiracy to violate campaign finance laws.—
Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
18 May 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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In the end, the two sides will end up settling in the $32 million- to $34 million-per-year range.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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The April 8th strikes ravaged a range of sites across the country.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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Where Soap was straightforwardly in the realm of sitcom—leaning toward broad humor, underlined stylistically by the presence of a laugh track—Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman knew just how to strike that sweet spot between screw-loose absurdity and genuine pathos.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Internationally, however, the film’s distribution prospects rest largely on Cotillard, also burdened with the heaviest dramatic lifting to do as the stricken, unworldly protagonist who bridges the film’s two improbably connected realms.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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Look for in-place federation that queries domain systems where the data lives, persistent cross-domain state and discovery that recognizes when signals from different domains belong to the same event.—
Shailesh Manjrekar,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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And to be clear, funding health care and nutrition assistance is explicitly the domain of the state and federal governments.—
Monica Montgomery Steppe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026
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“Horizon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizon. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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