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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In short, though recruitment today does not look radically different than recruitment five years ago, there are visible changes in the horizon.
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
On the drive home through the dark that night, Eliza saw in her mind’s eye thick rows of tulips in color blocks stretching to the horizon, like a modern painting, a bony figure on a bicycle cutting through them, a windmill in the distance.
—Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Nothing but soil and stone is visible until the horizon meets the sky.
—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
Perfectly conical volcanic peaks, dusted in snow, rise like sentries across the horizon.
—Mark Johanson, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2024
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
On the drive home through the dark that night, Eliza saw in her mind’s eye thick rows of tulips in color blocks stretching to the horizon, like a modern painting, a bony figure on a bicycle cutting through them, a windmill in the distance.
—Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Nothing but soil and stone is visible until the horizon meets the sky.
—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
Perfectly conical volcanic peaks, dusted in snow, rise like sentries across the horizon.
—Mark Johanson, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2024
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“The horizon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20horizon. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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