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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
Reading is beneficial in expanding your horizons and getting you out of your own head.
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Tracy Brower, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Stord has sought to expand its own horizons over the past year via acquisitions.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 May 2025
Time becomes a desert that stretches out to every horizon, without even the false hope of a mirage to break it up.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 May 2025
The teams should be created to support multiple time horizons to ensure that the organization can address both urgent issues and longer-term challenges.
—Curt Mueller, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Tracy Brower, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Stord has sought to expand its own horizons over the past year via acquisitions.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 May 2025
Time becomes a desert that stretches out to every horizon, without even the false hope of a mirage to break it up.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 May 2025
The teams should be created to support multiple time horizons to ensure that the organization can address both urgent issues and longer-term challenges.
—Curt Mueller, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for horizon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horizon
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Diamond necklace with Miami skyline At his sentencing earlier this month, a Miami federal prosecutor described Lorquet as a greedy criminal who fleeced his country at one of its weakest moments in history.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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Sixty-seven stories above sea level, Mercedes-Benz Places sits as one of the many high rises on the Miami skyline bearing an automaker's name.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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The trial took place one month before the Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling expanding the scope of presidential immunity, and Trump's lawyers have argued that the evidence would have not been permitted based on the high court's ruling.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
30 May 2025
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Direct File is still limited in scope, and may be on its way out, casting taxpayers back into the jungle of for-profit tax preparation software.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The auroras become visible when solar events like solar flares and coronal mass ejections take place, triggering powerful displays of color in the sky.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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The nights surrounding June 7 will see Jupiter and Mercury crowd together close to the horizon in the northwestern sky.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
6 June 2025
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Two balls just out of left fielder Brandon Lockridge’s reach got the Giants two more runs in the sixth.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 June 2025
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Visa Bottlenecks Even for countries not subject to the travel ban, attending the World Cup may be out of reach.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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Postal law enforcement must stick to its guns and focus on the very real problems within its ambit.—
Ross Marchand,
Baltimore Sun,
22 May 2025
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Last year, it was announced that the paper would no longer issue endorsements in local elections, and the ambit of the excellent Metro section has narrowed considerably.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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This can fluctuate depending on your kitchen and how well the oven is insulated, [but] this temperature range falls within the 'danger zone' of 40 to 140°F, where spoilage organisms can grow quickly.—
Taylor Tobin,
Southern Living,
27 May 2025
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Delta also gives us a ballpark range that an option has of expiring in the money, giving it value.—
Michael Martin,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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More definitively, the company has made significant progress across the realms of healthcare delivery and life sciences through use-cases such as advancing protein structure prediction models, optimizing medical imaging LLMs and even progressing with VR technology.—
Dr. Sai Balasubramanian,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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In that realm, the Padres have fared very well, not just this year but since 2021.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Before entering the public domain, the book had already been turned into movies in 1926, 1949, 1974 (starring Robert Redford) and 2013 (directed by Baz Luhrmann) as well as several TV versions.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 June 2025
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The browser also blocked most of the domains associated with Yandex Metrica.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2025
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“Horizon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizon. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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