horizon
Example Sentences
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Throughout the tournament, U.S. head coach Mike Sullivan stayed in close contact with Hughes—especially with the Olympics on the horizon.
The lights on the horizon were getting brighter.
From Literature
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The father-of-four was rushing to plaster the outside walls before returning to work in Riyadh, leaving his family and the snow-capped Himalayas on the horizon behind yet again.
From Barron's
"It can go from nothing to a huge arc or a curtain of light that stretches from horizon to horizon in a few seconds - it really can be quite spectacular and breathtaking."
From BBC
This suggests that although the Wall Street tradition is to set a 12-month target, the analysts have longer-term horizons in mind when assigning ratings.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.