the horizon
noun
: the line where the earth or sea seems to meet the sky
The sun rose slowly over/above the eastern horizon.
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Here, the Mediterranean stretches endlessly into the horizon, with the silhouette of Gibraltar and Morocco's Atlas Mountains visible on clear days.
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Shelby Knick, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Memoir To Give a Name To It Navneet Alang
A collection of baby names is like a taxonomy of hope, a kind of catechism for future lives scattered over the horizon.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 5 Mar. 2025
Then, in late March, the sun briefly surfaced over the horizon.
—Asher Elbein, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2025
Reddish light, which travels more directly in the air, manifests to ground observers during sunrises and sunsets when the sun is near the horizon and its incoming light travels at a longer, low-angle path through Earth's atmosphere.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
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Shelby Knick, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Memoir To Give a Name To It Navneet Alang
A collection of baby names is like a taxonomy of hope, a kind of catechism for future lives scattered over the horizon.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 5 Mar. 2025
Then, in late March, the sun briefly surfaced over the horizon.
—Asher Elbein, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2025
Reddish light, which travels more directly in the air, manifests to ground observers during sunrises and sunsets when the sun is near the horizon and its incoming light travels at a longer, low-angle path through Earth's atmosphere.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the horizon
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“The horizon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20horizon. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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