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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
But the American plan calls for reconstruction to take place without any horizon for a political solution for the Palestinians.
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Maha Yahya, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
Tips and Tricks: Continue to follow the diagonal line up the sky, above the northeast horizon, to see Uranus near the Pleiades star cluster.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 13 Feb. 2025
The moon will rise above the eastern horizon around sunset and reach the highest point in the sky at midnight.
—Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
The following day, Venus will meet with powerhouse Pluto, bringing attention to experiences that are more spontaneous, adventurous and enlightening — imagine traveling and exploring new horizons with a significant other.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
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Maha Yahya, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
Tips and Tricks: Continue to follow the diagonal line up the sky, above the northeast horizon, to see Uranus near the Pleiades star cluster.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 13 Feb. 2025
The moon will rise above the eastern horizon around sunset and reach the highest point in the sky at midnight.
—Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
The following day, Venus will meet with powerhouse Pluto, bringing attention to experiences that are more spontaneous, adventurous and enlightening — imagine traveling and exploring new horizons with a significant other.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horizon
Noun
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An undated photography of a night view of the Singapore skyline from the Marina Barrage.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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Valentine's Day Fireworks Bundle up and catch fireworks illuminating the city's skyline.—
Moyo Adeolu,
Axios,
13 Feb. 2025
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The effort would divert in-house teams from their core functions at a time when their role is expanding in scope, complexity, and significance.—
Mark A. Cohen,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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This gives the company scope to reshuffle production and make more for the local market if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on threats to impose tariffs of around 25% on vehicle imports.—
Victoria Waldersee,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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That didn’t occur in January when one five-year-old Starlink satellite was recorded blazing through the night skies over northern Illinois.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
28 Feb. 2025
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Around 814 million people will be within the eclipse's reach, but only a lucky 44,800 people in far northern Quebec will experience more than a 90% eclipsed sun.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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As such, performance improves naturally, without the bottlenecks of quarterly reviews or rigid playbooks, giving companies a level of adaptability that was previously out of reach.—
Tyler Shepherd,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 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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The data and tooling that informs 360 campaigns should be well-defined within the ambit of your governance and compliance frameworks to prevent the compromise of user privacy or the implementation of unfair or biased algorithms.—
Runki Goswami,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Walmart expects earnings per share in the range of $2.50 to $2.60.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Feb. 2025
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This is its first boutique, which also stocks its Cair range.—
Jennifer Weil,
WWD,
20 Feb. 2025
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In the ever-changing realm of college athletics, a newish position turns 3 years old this June.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
22 Feb. 2025
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Further down in the bubble realm, Kansas State’s surge may have run out of steam in the Mountain time zone.—
Jim Root,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Here’s Where Trump Is Winning—And Losing—In Court Specialized AI research agents are another development in this market, focusing on domains where literature searches are time-consuming.—
Gil Press,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The White House feels access to limited areas like the Oval Office and Air Force One shouldn't be guaranteed to a select few legacy outlets — but instead should be opened up to include both MAGA voices, and other new or niche nonpartisan publications with more domain expertise.—
Axios,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Horizon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizon. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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