Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “on the horizon“ and it is a phrase meaning “imminent, impending, approaching, coming, on the way, forthcoming, about to happen, in the wings, on the cards, in the pipeline/offing, just around the corner”.
Example Sentence: Finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, is the holy grail of medical research… Until now, no therapy had emerged that could even slow its lethal brain shrinkage,.. Treating dementia has also been an underfunded cause. By some estimates, more research has been done on Covid in the past three years than on dementia in the past century. Yet this week, a drug that works for Alzheimer’s has appeared on the horizon, raising hopes that there may be some relief from a deadly and cruel condition.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article The Guardian view on Alzheimer’s drugs: a working therapy would be a breakthrough and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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