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horizontal

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


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Speaking exclusively to the BBC, she said bacteria are known to undergo changes like this, known as horizontal gene transfer.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Note: WSJ interpretation that shows a 2D horizontal cross-section of OpenAI’s 3D simulation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The researchers then arranged horizontal and vertical stripes in systematic combinations.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

Cowin has also spliced together photographs of disparate subjects — people, places and things — on broad horizontal panels that suggest narrative progression but instead register as evocative panoramic poems.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

A keen wind that had been hiding itself struck me full in the mouth and raked the hair back horizontal on my head.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

“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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