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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 horizon
While the total lunar eclipse the previous night will have been visible only to those on the night side of Earth, the sight of the full moon appearing on the eastern horizon and climbing higher in the sky will be visible across the world.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Ready to broaden your horizons?
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 7 Mar. 2025
Just look for Venus shining brightly high in the west, then bring your gaze below it, about halfway to the western horizon.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The museum's very name beautifully encapsulates its noble mission of bridging the rich tapestry of Bali's past, its vibrant present and the promising horizons of its future.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Ready to broaden your horizons?
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 7 Mar. 2025
Just look for Venus shining brightly high in the west, then bring your gaze below it, about halfway to the western horizon.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The museum's very name beautifully encapsulates its noble mission of bridging the rich tapestry of Bali's past, its vibrant present and the promising horizons of its future.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horizon
Noun
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The birthplace of the skyscraper, Chicago has one of the most impressive skylines in the world.—
Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Photo : Legendary Productions The primary bedroom with views of the downtown skyline.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
17 Apr. 2025
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Do Iranian artists find there is more scope for becoming a professional artist in the diaspora?—
Rebecca Ruth Gould,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Apr. 2025
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With shed space fitted out to complete two yachts ranging from 98-feet to 229-feet and surface area of around 60,000 square feet, the yard has huge scope for future superyacht construction.—
Katia Damborsky,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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After the announcement, Zelenskyy posted on X that air raid alerts were ringing out across Ukraine, adding that Russian attack drones were detected in the skies.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Clear skies are expected Tuesday, when the high will near 82 and the low will drop to around 50.—
Kendrick Marshall,
Sacbee.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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China is expanding its military reach and presence across the Western Pacific Ocean in an attempt to challenge America's naval dominance in the region.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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But there’s also something wistful about it, as if its characters had glimpsed a possibility of freedom, unity, and happiness that, nearly 100 years later, is still out of reach.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
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For enterprise users, Canva has expanded its ambit to include access management, Secure Single Sign-On integrations, and bulk content creation tools like Magic Studio at Scale which auto-generates campaigns using data templates.—
Anisha Sircar,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The issue before us is whether his mere claim of extraordinary harm justifies this court's immediate review, which would essentially remove the legal issues from the district court's ambit before its proceedings have concluded.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Now Trump is once again withdrawing the U.S. After Francis' 2015 encyclical, researchers examined a broad range of views, well beyond the President.—
Jeff Brady,
NPR,
21 Apr. 2025
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Many researchers attribute the rise in diagnoses to more widespread screening and the inclusion of a broader range of behaviors to describe the condition.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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Nearly all of them cite the Stanford University communications scholar Clifford Nass, who by the 1990s and 2000s became the go-to expert on human-computer interaction, particularly in the realm of voice interfaces.—
Sarah A. Bell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
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The medicine wheel represents the interconnectivity of all aspects of one's being, and the continuous interaction of the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual realms.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The initiative is grounded in six research domains: Comprehension & Agency: AI systems that support, rather than replace, critical thinking and reasoning.—
Tracey Follows,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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This means China is leaving rockets in orbits high enough to persist in space for more than a century, according to Jim Shell, a space domain awareness and orbital debris expert at Novarum Tech.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Horizon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizon. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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