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horizontal

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


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As evidence, Karen pulls out a decades-old photo of my newsroom cubicle with its remarkable mounds of documents, folders, newspapers and books on every horizontal surface.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 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 optic nerve then exits through the back of the retina, creating a blind spot just below the horizontal level of the eye where no vision is possible.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 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

And if the second plane were horizontal, and friction could be ignored, the ball would roll for ever towards the horizon.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

“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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