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horizontal

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


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Young trees were placed on a horizontal platform that rotated around its axis inside a sphere illuminated equally from every direction.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Devon combined the innovation with horizontal drilling—and helped unleash the shale revolution that turned the U.S. into the world’s top producer of oil and natural gas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

An infield painted black sought to focus attention on the illuminated live events, while the horizontal jumps were decided in a bright pink sandpit.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 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

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

"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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