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horizontal

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


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“They don’t have any personalization data or any shopping history. And so we do want to see that get better with third-party horizontal agents.”

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Her garment, a one-piece tracksuit made of a French terry fabric by Alexander McQueen, dresses athleisure one step up with horizontal yellow accents across the chest and ruching up the sleeves.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Eugene Levert, chain-smoking next to a stack of books while wearing a vertical blue-striped button-down and khaki slacks, looked the scholarly mirror of Doug Lamplugh, in a horizontal blue-striped polo and khaki shorts.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

In this case the outsider was the architect Peter Zumthor, who was dazzled by the vast horizontal expanse of Los Angeles, as different as possible from his native Switzerland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Along with the proliferation of vertical levels of bureaucrats, there is also horizontal specialization.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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