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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
This time, John (Gerard Butler), Allison (Morena Baccarin), and their teen son, Nathan (Roman Griffin Davis), flee their protective bunker for brighter horizons amid atmospheric horrors and a hail of fiery meteors.
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Wider horizons beckon as the emotional Moon lights up your 9th House of Adventure, stirring a desire to broaden your view through meaningful study and conversation.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2026
Huang framed Rubin as a direct response to the explosive growth in AI workloads, particularly large-scale training and long-horizon reasoning tasks.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Jan. 2026
But first and foremost, some good rest and looking into new horizons.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 4 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horizon
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Beyond the foyer, the great room has heart-skipping panoramic vistas of Kings County, the Manhattan skyline, and beyond.—
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Many rooms have incredible views of the Midtown skyline.—
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Researchers emphasize that the full scope of the outbreak among elephant seals may be far greater than current numbers suggest.—
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Other defense contractors’ compensation and capital allocation practices align with other aspects of the executive order, although the scope varies, MyLogIQ data shows.—
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Godfall tells the story of a small Nebraska town, which becomes the center of the world when a giant alien crash lands out of the sky beside it.—
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For the best viewing, find Vega, one of the brightest stars in the night sky.—
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Its reach spans from floor level to two meters high.—
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For years, residents living amid the tracts of suburban sprawl and bucolic farmland along Santa Clara County’s southern reaches often traveled upwards of an hour by car to seek cardiac care in San Jose.—
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To that point, Bataillon reasoned that an eligibility rule doesn’t fall within the ambit of Alston since the rule is not about compensation, let alone the type of compensation at issue in Alston.—
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Those who would argue that this abuse of power constitutes a crime should remember that Trump and his team have avidly proclaimed that presidents must have immunity from criminal prosecution for acts within the broad ambit of executive power.—
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However, keeping engines efficient across such a wide speed range remains difficult.—
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Toyota Industries, which founded Toyota Motor, produces a range of products including forklifts, engines, electronic components, and stamping dies.—
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This annual showcase is tied to Rolling Stone‘s annual Future of Music issue, our look at what’s new and what’s next in all realms of music.—
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Miller is now acting as an accelerant for the president’s most incendiary impulses and shaping the lives of individual Americans in nearly every realm.—
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By combining multiple physical computing domains into a single system, the Peking University team’s approach reflects a broader push towards architectures designed to support next-generation AI and robotics more efficiently.—
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The operation led by the District of Massachusetts targeting machine gun conversion device vendors has led to the seizure of about 360 internet domains and more than 3,000 devices, 282 firearms, 124 silencers, more than 12,000 rounds ammunition and about 125 investigative referrals.—
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“Horizon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizon. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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