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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 horizons
Part of what makes portfolio management really hard is that your life is going to change a lot over the course of time horizons.
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Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
Over the most common business planning horizons, two to three years, productivity will likely be just a little better than the long run average of two percent.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
By predicting the future outcomes and expected rewards of these sequences, the robot can select actions that are more likely to succeed over longer horizons.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Miami Beach, Key Biscayne and Fort Lauderdale offer ceremony locations with natural drama built in—sunset skies, ocean backdrops and open horizons.
—Anton Lucanus, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
The accelerating Information Revolution is reshaping the American corporate landscape, opening new horizons for scientific discovery, threatening millions of jobs, and raising questions about the future of humanity in an age of intelligent machines.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Arnold’s own criticism often focussed on expanding horizons and recovering unknown authors, from the moralist Joseph Joubert to the diarist Eugénie de Guérin.
—Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
Each operates under different incentives, constraints, and time horizons.
—Kara Hurst, Time, 23 Jan. 2026
But first and foremost, some good rest and looking into new horizons.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 4 Jan. 2026
Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
Over the most common business planning horizons, two to three years, productivity will likely be just a little better than the long run average of two percent.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
By predicting the future outcomes and expected rewards of these sequences, the robot can select actions that are more likely to succeed over longer horizons.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Miami Beach, Key Biscayne and Fort Lauderdale offer ceremony locations with natural drama built in—sunset skies, ocean backdrops and open horizons.
—Anton Lucanus, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
The accelerating Information Revolution is reshaping the American corporate landscape, opening new horizons for scientific discovery, threatening millions of jobs, and raising questions about the future of humanity in an age of intelligent machines.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Arnold’s own criticism often focussed on expanding horizons and recovering unknown authors, from the moralist Joseph Joubert to the diarist Eugénie de Guérin.
—Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
Each operates under different incentives, constraints, and time horizons.
—Kara Hurst, Time, 23 Jan. 2026
But first and foremost, some good rest and looking into new horizons.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 4 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horizons
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This would not be possible in two or three dimensions, but the words are arranged in tens of thousands of them, a geometry that doggedly resists visualization.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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The difficulty stemmed from the large dimensions that seemed to be involved.—
Rachel Crowell,
Scientific American,
9 Feb. 2026
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Will the blue skies and calm seas hold?—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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The weather this week looks ideal, with sunny to modestly sunny skies each day, temperatures in the mid-70s to low 80s.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2026
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Part of Tennyson lived, was encamped, at the outer reaches of the psyche.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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On the other hand, Bennu is the rebel — its glycine likely originated in frozen ice exposed to harsh radiation in the outer reaches of the solar system.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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First focal plane scopes with MRAD reticles rule the roost in PRS and other field match series.—
John B. Snow,
Outdoor Life,
15 Jan. 2026
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One white general contractor controls both major scopes of work.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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According to Nahmias, the low-top shoe’s design is meant to capture the mountainous ranges that meet the water throughout California and features an upper inspired by a popular skate shoe paired with an exaggerated sole made of lightweight materials.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
9 Feb. 2026
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When forces remain within safe ranges, the signals reflect ordinary interaction.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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According to Mentee, the platform adapts flexibly to diverse tasks in logistics, manufacturing, and other industrial domains.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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There isn’t a universal definition of kindergarten readiness, but many experts and educators rely on guidance from the bipartisan National Education Goals Panel’s five developmental domains critical to a child’s success upon entering grade school.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The rivalry is also spilling into other realms, including the Super Bowl.—
Matt O’Brien,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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However, after people serve their time in the hells, they can be reborn in other realms.—
Megan Bryson,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Horizons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizons. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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