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something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container
musketeers carrying their gunpowder in powder horns
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Recent Examples of horns
Desensitize to loud or unusual noises—play recordings of transit sounds—such as subway announcements or car horns—while offering treats to create positive associations.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
The species' males are recognizable by their large, twisted horns.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
The strings and horns aren’t sharp enough to stand out, and the deep bass instruments are too muted.
—Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
The Disciples of Soul were awesome; great horns and backup singers.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Hundreds line sidewalks near Roseville Galleria The sound of honking horns blared almost constantly while hundreds of people took to sidewalks near the Westfield Galleria at Roseville mall on Saturday morning.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Demonstrators stood shoulder to shoulder, waving signs at passing drivers as horns sounded in support.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 28 Mar. 2026
At each site, the city plans to install additional safety features designed to make up for the absence of train horns.
—Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
In a noisy scene outside the Manhattan courthouse, contrasting groups of demonstrators chanted, blew horns and beat drums and cowbells.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2026
Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
The species' males are recognizable by their large, twisted horns.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
The strings and horns aren’t sharp enough to stand out, and the deep bass instruments are too muted.
—Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
The Disciples of Soul were awesome; great horns and backup singers.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Hundreds line sidewalks near Roseville Galleria The sound of honking horns blared almost constantly while hundreds of people took to sidewalks near the Westfield Galleria at Roseville mall on Saturday morning.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Demonstrators stood shoulder to shoulder, waving signs at passing drivers as horns sounded in support.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 28 Mar. 2026
At each site, the city plans to install additional safety features designed to make up for the absence of train horns.
—Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
In a noisy scene outside the Manhattan courthouse, contrasting groups of demonstrators chanted, blew horns and beat drums and cowbells.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horns
Noun
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In Japan, the oil crisis has sparked fears that patients with chronic kidney failure won’t be able to get treatment due to a lack of plastic medical tubes used in hemodialysis.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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Laura used to work at a Granbury home health company that specialized in caring for patients with feeding tubes, the father said.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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While recovering from cancer, Jackson pursued his lifelong dream of designing and measuring the acoustical properties of woodwind instruments, particularly Renaissance-era flutes, crumhorns, and cornets.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 July 2025
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“Horns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horns. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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