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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
Broadening your prune horizons can give you a leg up healthwise—and on the culinary front.
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Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 27 Feb. 2026
With the start of the 2026 growing season inching closer, many seasoned gardeners of ornamental perennial and flower beds may be interested in expanding their horizons, venturing into the wonderful, wayfaring, wistful world of vegetable gardening.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
As the evening progresses, André doesn’t explicitly tell him to expand his horizons, but Shawn seemingly comes away with that life lesson.
—Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
Whatever their fans imagined about the lives of these icons, these films may have broadened their — and our — horizons just a bit.
—John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2026
Very's father was also drummer, but his horizons expanded beyond music.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
Part of what makes portfolio management really hard is that your life is going to change a lot over the course of time horizons.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
Over the most common business planning horizons, two to three years, productivity will likely be just a little better than the long run average of two percent.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
By predicting the future outcomes and expected rewards of these sequences, the robot can select actions that are more likely to succeed over longer horizons.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 27 Feb. 2026
With the start of the 2026 growing season inching closer, many seasoned gardeners of ornamental perennial and flower beds may be interested in expanding their horizons, venturing into the wonderful, wayfaring, wistful world of vegetable gardening.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
As the evening progresses, André doesn’t explicitly tell him to expand his horizons, but Shawn seemingly comes away with that life lesson.
—Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
Whatever their fans imagined about the lives of these icons, these films may have broadened their — and our — horizons just a bit.
—John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2026
Very's father was also drummer, but his horizons expanded beyond music.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
Part of what makes portfolio management really hard is that your life is going to change a lot over the course of time horizons.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
Over the most common business planning horizons, two to three years, productivity will likely be just a little better than the long run average of two percent.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
By predicting the future outcomes and expected rewards of these sequences, the robot can select actions that are more likely to succeed over longer horizons.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horizons
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Just to give an idea of its dimensions, that is just about half the size of all of downtown Fort Lauderdale.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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Supercomputers unlock new physics The breakthrough relied on large-scale hydrodynamical simulations that model how stellar material moves in three dimensions.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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Mostly clear skies are in the forecast overnight with lows in the upper 30s.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Feb. 2026
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Hurricane season lasts through November, but travelers who don't mind a higher risk of rainy skies will quickly find that Jamaica can be a beautiful destination year-round.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2026
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In the distant reaches of the solar system are many icy objects that resemble snowmen — pairs of conjoined spheres.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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The river drew back its reaches from the modern outskirts first.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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In addition to weapons, crewmembers had bulletproof vests, rifle scopes and camouflage fatigues, Cuba officials said in a statement.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
25 Feb. 2026
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The wide range reflects differing scopes of work and borrowing assumptions.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Because assets are disclosed in broad ranges, Brooks says the filing overstates his family’s financial position.—
Julia Terruso,
Time,
23 Feb. 2026
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This approach is most often used in lower and mid-price ranges, where bidding pressure is strongest, and typically requires proof of a bona fide competing offer.—
Allison Palmer
Updated February 23,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2026
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In highly structured domains like coding or math, deeper automation is already possible.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026
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Billing emails should always come from official domains tied directly to the company.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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And the restaurant has hosted notables from the realms of politics, sports and culinary greatness.—
Joe Mutascio,
IndyStar,
20 Feb. 2026
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No people have been beyond low Earth orbit since December 1972, when the Apollo 17 crew returned from lunar realms.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Horizons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizons. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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