horizontal
Example Sentences
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Shale companies have become proficient at drilling fewer but much longer horizontal wells, which allows them to trim costs and still extract more crude.
“We have one very public horizontal deal,” he said, adding that the company is at “an advanced stage” in other negotiations and “you won’t have too long to wait” for additional details.
According to Khalfa however, the Iranians are already "in horizontal escalation".
From Barron's
Security analysts say the group’s horizontal, franchise-like structure allowed it to engineer a rapid response to Oseguera’s killing — and will allow it to do business as usual in the coming months.
From Los Angeles Times
The vendors that are most at risk are horizontal applications.
From Barron's
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