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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
Wide, open horizons will give you the best views, and though the moonlight is strong, the aurora can still peek through in darker patches.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Managers may hold more cash or shorten deal horizons to meet retail liquidity demands, the speakers concurred.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
For the past 60+ years, the name NASA has been synonymous with humanity’s vision to dream about horizons far beyond the bounds of our terrestrial worries.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 1 Oct. 2025
Now, after traveling the world and expanding her food horizons, Tiffany is running a small empire of restaurants, including Radici Wood Fired Grill, that combine her Southern heritage and her obsession with international flavors.
—Sid Evans, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
Expanding her horizons in this big way of exploring what the world is like outside of her bedroom and what happens when some conflict arrives was really special.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Open dialog can broaden horizons for a lot of people.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
The fun part is decorating them and trying to expand our horizons creatively.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
Playing The Long Game On Returns Samboursky is blunt about horizons.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Managers may hold more cash or shorten deal horizons to meet retail liquidity demands, the speakers concurred.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
For the past 60+ years, the name NASA has been synonymous with humanity’s vision to dream about horizons far beyond the bounds of our terrestrial worries.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 1 Oct. 2025
Now, after traveling the world and expanding her food horizons, Tiffany is running a small empire of restaurants, including Radici Wood Fired Grill, that combine her Southern heritage and her obsession with international flavors.
—Sid Evans, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
Expanding her horizons in this big way of exploring what the world is like outside of her bedroom and what happens when some conflict arrives was really special.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Open dialog can broaden horizons for a lot of people.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
The fun part is decorating them and trying to expand our horizons creatively.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
Playing The Long Game On Returns Samboursky is blunt about horizons.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horizons
Noun
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WalletHub then evaluated the five dimensions using 45 relevant metrics, with their corresponding weights.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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To calculate the scattering amplitude for a collision of n particles, physicists would have to add up many BCFW terms — and each of those terms corresponded to a region of the positive Grassmannian in n dimensions.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But will the skies be clear in the Louisville area for a perfect view?—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Their love of the skies created a lifelong bond.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Typically, northern gardeners plant bare-root peonies in the ground in September, and mid-latitude gardeners plant in October or even into early November in the southern reaches of the peony’s range.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Oct. 2025
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The brassy fanfare of mariachi music was first played in the region’s rural reaches and popularized in Guadalajara’s handsome plazas.—
David Shortell,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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They can also be modified to accommodate different rounds, scopes and lighter stocks made of fiberglass.—
Andrew Blankstein,
NBC news,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This aligns with a ballistic missile profile reaching medium to intercontinental ranges.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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However, a quick resolution to the shutdown could lead to limited follow-through, keeping us in similar ranges to recent months.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There are domains such as video livestreaming where companies now must rely on AI technologies to achieve any kind of timely action, before events can spin out of control.—
John Wihbey,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
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Unlike traditional security systems that treat these domains separately, ARGUS merges them, giving it the ability to sense, analyze, and respond to breaches across networks and environments simultaneously.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This month invites you into the realms of emotional mastery and deep inner work.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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Even more troubling, the attacks escalated into more personal realms, with Minaj making disparaging comments about Cardi B’s pregnancy, and mentioning her children explicitly.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Horizons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizons. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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