skyline

noun

Definition of skylinenext
1
as in horizon

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as in profile

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Recent Examples of skyline Manchester’s city centre has undergone a 20-year construction boom, a place without a skyline of note now boasting one resembling a large North American city. — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 After that, visitors file out and gain even more virtual altitude, boarding a dirigible that skims an ancient version of the skyline. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026 On Roosevelt Avenue, players can look up at the Chicago skyline while going through drills. — Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 The black-tie event will feature live entertainment, a lavish dinner, and a major fireworks display across the Dubai skyline. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for skyline
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyline
  1. horizon
  2. profile
  3. shape
  4. sketch
  5. geometry
Noun
  • Nearby desert viewpoints could provide enormous horizons — although the eclipsed sun will be 79 degrees high.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2026
  • In 1981, with the end of the civil-military dictatorship on the near horizon, Piero planned his return to Argentina, stopping in Uruguay first.
    — Humphrey Inzillo, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of horizon
Noun
  • But as the show’s profile has risen in recent months, the podcast has caused increasing consternation internally.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The aircraft has an endurance of more than 30 hours, depending on its configuration and mission profile, and can achieve a maximum speed of approximately 210 knots.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of profile
Noun
  • For Miraval The Red Sea, Foster + Partners architects have designed 180 guest rooms, suites, and villas with biophilic shapes and natural materials, allowing the accommodations to seamlessly fit into the landscape.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The team notes that this version uses one cell line, muscle fibers aligned in one direction and simple shapes.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of shape
Noun
  • The picture painted from the interview subjects, who occasionally draw sketches of weapons-screen interfaces on notepads, is of a computerized tracking-and-killing apparatus, culled from the surveillance Israel keeps of nearly every phone in Gaza.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • But frescos don’t put shoes on a poor child’s cold feet and sketches of flying machines didn’t put Orville Wright in the sky.
    — Christopher Koopman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of sketch
Noun
  • Location, location, location In this case, the Crew-13 happened to launch when the geometry was unusually favorable.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The second two, the Steel Nomad regular and Light subtests, focus on APIs more commonly used in game development, such as Metal and DirectX 12, to assess gaming performance with geometry and particle effects.
    — Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of geometry

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“Skyline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyline. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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