horizons

noun

plural of horizon
1
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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2
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 Pleasant ocean breezes, uninterrupted horizons, and the sense of pure seclusion create space for profound clarity and calm. — Jasreen Mayal Khanna, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026 Yet the language, always extraordinarily resilient, is again sailing toward new horizons in the 21st century. — Ilan Stavans, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026 These are infrastructure decisions by firms that deploy investment capital cautiously and over long horizons. — Peter Mintzberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Elon Musk’s SpaceX is ready to expand its horizons beyond its Starbase in South Texas. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2026 Rather than focusing on the mom's faculties, the advisor asked how each family member viewed success across different time horizons. — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026 It was measured by analyzing total capital raised across one-, five-, and ten-year horizons complemented by fundraising momentum indicators to assess both the scale and trajectory of each firm’s fundraising activity. — Time Staff, Time, 18 Aug. 2026 CFOs should lead difficult conversations about earlier misjudgments while identifying more realistic payback horizons. — Jim Deloach, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Several of the pics look back at Mexico in the 1990s, while others follow teenagers navigating contemporary issues in an increasingly complicated society where their horizons feel narrower than ever. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horizons
  1. skies
  2. dimensions
  3. reaches
  4. scopes
  5. ranges
  6. domains
  7. realms
Noun
  • Two of the games take place over the skies of the nation’s capital.
    — Lou Kesten, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
  • When Kit takes her whole family out onto the lawn of her uncle’s country home to watch Halley’s Comet, Gharavi’s camera spins around the night skies and Simon Goff’s ethereal score soars.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of skies
Noun
  • With another interested party, the financial dimensions of the deal began to shift and Sunderland improved their offer to the player and his agents.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The report evaluates performance in nine dimensions, spanning materials and design through care, repair, and post-use recovery.
    — Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of dimensions
Noun
  • Yet just a year earlier, none of those clubs had noticed how the young winger had begun to shine in La Liga’s lower reaches with Leganes, a small club to the south of Madrid, after being promoted from the team’s reserve side in Spain’s fifth tier.
    — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The brush’s long handle enabled easy access to the far reaches of the big tub, ensuring cleanliness throughout.
    — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of reaches
Noun
  • 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
  • As marketing departments respond to these market changes, procurement executives’ scopes are evolving in parallel.
    — Michelle Douglas, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of scopes
Noun
  • The stock market is doing just enough, through slim trading volumes and narrow index trading ranges, to escape August with its uptrend intact.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
  • In practice, American pilots will be able to detect an enemy on radar, launch the missile from extreme ranges and destroy the target before coming within close proximity to the enemy, potentially increasing the pilot's survivability.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of ranges
Noun
  • Osteopathic philosophy serves as the integrative lens through which these domains influence clinical reasoning.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The global food system is afflicted by uncertainty across many domains—weather, supply chains, labor, trade, and beyond.
    — Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of domains
Noun
  • Quiñones, an artist known as @skullsqwat and stylist to It-girl supreme and rock-star newlywed Gabbriette (known to her as Gabi), dwells in many realms.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Yet Parton’s willingness to move among musical genres and other realms of entertainment, and to try just about anything, was part of her genius.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of realms

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“Horizons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizons. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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