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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 horizons
Without Mumme, the spread offense doesn’t spread nationwide and doesn’t allow creativity in offensive play-calling to expand to horizons never previously seen.
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Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Rather than simply making the games in English and attempting to find success solely in English-speaking regions, Shpirna broadened his horizons and opted to make the games international affairs.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Major deals now feature 20-30 year funding horizons—extraordinary bets on technologies whose commercial viability five years from now remains uncertain.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
Expect to travel and expand your horizons.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
Additionally, the New Moon squares Jupiter in Cancer, expanding our sentimental and passionate horizons.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 20 Oct. 2025
It’s guaranteed to expand your horizons.
—Big Think, 17 Oct. 2025
Following the breakout success of her 2024 album Brat, Charli has been looking to broaden her horizons as as an actress.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
And of course, Gomez had an impact on broadening Maniscalco’s culinary horizons.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Rather than simply making the games in English and attempting to find success solely in English-speaking regions, Shpirna broadened his horizons and opted to make the games international affairs.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Major deals now feature 20-30 year funding horizons—extraordinary bets on technologies whose commercial viability five years from now remains uncertain.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
Expect to travel and expand your horizons.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
Additionally, the New Moon squares Jupiter in Cancer, expanding our sentimental and passionate horizons.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 20 Oct. 2025
It’s guaranteed to expand your horizons.
—Big Think, 17 Oct. 2025
Following the breakout success of her 2024 album Brat, Charli has been looking to broaden her horizons as as an actress.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
And of course, Gomez had an impact on broadening Maniscalco’s culinary horizons.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horizons
Noun
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Riemann had introduced a concept that could encompass all possible geometries, in any number of dimensions.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
3 Nov. 2025
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With a collapsible stock, the rifle can be fit quickly to the shooter’s dimensions.—
The Editors,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And tomorrow, as networks increasingly sense, adapt, and extend into the skies and beyond, we are poised for another transformation.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Oct. 2025
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This means clear skies and light winds that promote cooling.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In the northern reaches of Sweden near the Norwegian border, the Riksgränsen ski resort is a powdery paradise for every type of adventurer.—
Chadner Navarro,
Vogue,
30 Oct. 2025
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While some visit the capital, many prefer the rural reaches of the country, areas that have been hard-hit by the storm.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Reflecting different creative approaches and scopes of production.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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At launch, there will be 18 maps to compete on and 30 weapons to unlock, with dozens of customization options allowing users to fine tune their guns’ scopes, grips, barrels, and more.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The survey polled 16,946 Americans, who self-reported their height and weight, then Gallup relied on body mass index (BMI) calculations — the historically flawed measurement traditionally used by medical professionals to determine healthy weight ranges — to determine who qualified as obese.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Juvia’s Place has become a household name for bold colors and inclusive shade ranges.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Of course, a good number of researchers and critics have warned of the dangers of using AI in these consequential domains.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Yet the nonprofit appears to be concealing this from visitors to its website, where a search function, the only nontechnical tool for seeing what’s in Common Crawl’s archives, returns misleading results for certain domains.—
Alex Reisner,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Jack is curious about life’s mysteries and wants to learn about the elements that make up all the realms.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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The thorium nuclear transition could enable physicists to explore previously inaccessible realms of new physics.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Horizons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizons. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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