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horizontal

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


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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

"Half past one, I was still awake, all still bright-eyed, and kind of bushy-tailed, and then I went horizontal and dozed off," she recalled.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

The study shows that shocks can move through both horizontal and vertical pathways, as well as through direct and indirect connections, creating long chains of disruption and sudden breakdowns.

From Science Daily Jun. 20, 2026

He used it here to give balance and focus to the home’s 110-foot-long facade, and to control its horizontal sprawl.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

He wore jeans and a white hoodie with a thick horizontal black stripe across the shoulders.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

“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

In the end, both vertical and horizontal turbines have their trade-offs, though horizontals are a more mature technology.

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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