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horizontal

[hawr-uh-zon-tl, hor-] / ˌhɔr əˈzɒn tl, ˌhɒr- /


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On the wall of a five-story building that collapsed after the earthquake, a rescuer marked a red "V" crossed by a horizontal line, indicating the end of the search for possible survivors.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

"But officer.. I'm just sticking to the 'no vertical drinking' policy", reads the horizontal man's speech bubble.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

The suit argues that owning the Golden Globes would “solidify a vertical and horizontal monopoly on the awards market.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

The new Fold8 has an inner screen that better resembles your laptop screen or a horizontal tablet display, so desktop-optimized webpages and wide-format TV shows look more natural.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

And maybe part of the time they’d also been zipping in a horizontal direction?

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

“Florida Painting” etches red horizontals into a yellow expanse flanked by vivid green, while the two-panel “Space Age Relaxation” carves white lines and colored bars into brown fields.

From Washington Post Nov. 3, 2021

For the Academy, City Hall’s arresting vertical lines were tranquilized into calming horizontals.

From New York Times Apr. 4, 2020

The only strict horizontals and verticals that will be found are in the rectangular paintings' edges.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 6, 2015

"There are several decades of a growing knowledge base for horizontals," said Veers.

From Scientific American Aug. 18, 2011

She pointed to the dense thorny branches of a Blood Rose, cut and pinioned into cruel horizontals against the wall, yet still wild and heavy with dark red blooms.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff




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