Thesaurus results for HORIZONS

horizons

noun

plural of horizon

as in skylines

the space surrounding the earth They saw some birds just on the horizon. The couple drove off towards the horizon.

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as in dimensions

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 Nearby desert viewpoints could provide enormous horizons — although the eclipsed sun will be 79 degrees high. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2026 This is an album full of stars, storms, and horizons, the depths of visible color vibrating in invisible air. — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026 The book somewhat provocatively concludes after 1976 with a penultimate chapter on protest in the art world and an ultimate chapter on horizons for the future, along with a smart sharp epilogue. — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 The regional liquidity gap is helping to catalyze the development of dedicated secondary funds designed to provide earlier liquidity and help shorten longer exit horizons. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 Grossman was encouraging him to expand his horizons (and with it their joint revenue stream) by getting into theater. — Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026 On will also step into golf in 2027, broadening its horizons further. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026 The line as verb replaces the orthogonal, producing—in relation to a succession of horizons—multiple centers. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 The Stargazer route travels through the New Mexico desert to the Galisteo Basin, a preserve south of Santa Fe with wide-open horizons and very little light pollution. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Air advocates used this year's Clean Air Day to encourage more people to cut back on driving and help clear Sacramento's skies.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
At that point, the film pivots to a more surreal register, presenting bright, clear skies that are slowly, eerily engulfed in darkness.

— Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of skies

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Chair44 isn’t exactly the first example of such a monotile in three dimensions, according to Kaplan, a computer scientist whose research focuses on the intersection of mathematics and art.

— Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026
The recently launched Coleman Snap 'N Go collapsible cooler is another slim storage solution, but its taller dimensions when set up into cooler mode won't help with car camping in the same way the Ice Box does.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of dimensions

Noun

The warehouse, expected to be a hit with shoppers in the fast-growing southern reaches of the Treasure Valley, is also joined by a 16-pump gas station.

— Rose Evans October 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 Oct. 2026
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is expanding its space footprint with plans to launch a probe to the further reaches of the solar system.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of reaches

Noun

Leaders who work around their own systems, who skip time sheets or approve scopes without reading them, are training their entire team that the systems are optional.

— Drew McLellan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
MacGregor has signed contracts with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard to supply comprehensive roll-on/roll-off equipment for the two vessels, marking one of its most extensive scopes for roll-on/roll-off passenger ferries to date.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of scopes

Noun

For the first time in years, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers — better known as ICANN — is accepting applications for new top-level domains.

— David Pierce, The Verge, 7 Oct. 2026
Attackers hijacked three top-level domains and used their control to mint counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large organizations, Google said Tuesday.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of domains

Noun

Dante populated his realms of Hell and Purgatory with figures, monsters and moral frameworks borrowed directly from classical Greek and Roman myths.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
His lack of experience in the realms of ballet, classical music, opera, and jazz, formerly the center’s mainstays, have concerned some onlookers.

— News Desk, Artforum, 9 Oct. 2026

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