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 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 Foodies won’t want to miss this opportunity to treat their taste buds and expand their culinary horizons. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2026 In telecoms, in payments, in logistics, the platforms that integrated across technologies consistently outperformed the specialists over longtime horizons. — Yariv Cohen, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026 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

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Noun

The harvest moon will be visible in California skies for multiple days.

— Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026
The latest addition to the Sky Railway lineup is The Stargazer, a cosmic trip that leads travelers below New Mexico’s notoriously dark skies and leans into the landscape’s extraterrestrial mystery.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of skies

Noun

Unlike the full theory of the strong force, which operates in three spatial dimensions, this model reduces the problem to a one-dimensional chain while retaining key features such as charges, strings, and confinement.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Einstein’s theory fused space with time, and so if the three dimensions of space emerge from a spaceless point, then time should emerge from something timeless.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of dimensions

Noun

The organic matter was synthesized early, likely out in the frigid outer reaches of the Solar System.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
While low flows continue to persist in sections of the Colorado River, cold tributaries, deeper-water refuges in narrow canyon reaches, and larger pools provide cool refuges for fish.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of reaches

Noun

Offer smaller scopes of work with clear timelines to secure quicker commitments.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 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

Match and Bumble offer broader age ranges, with Match emphasizing profile visibility and Bumble offering photo, ID and in-app communication tools.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Snow covered the introduction of 7 PRC and has seen excellent accuracy with it at ranges near and far.

— John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of ranges

Noun

Another key potential of self-optimizing systems is expected to be superintelligence, where AI becomes cognitively smarter than humans across more and more domains.

— Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026
Complex domains demand established standards that cannot be short-circuited.

— Mo Husain, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of domains

Noun

Funke, as a whole, keeps fine-tuning in both the savory and sweet realms.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, the Smithsonian underwent a political awakening during the 2020 upheaval over the COVID-19 pandemic and murder of George Floyd that echoed responses in academia and other progressive realms.

— Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2026

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