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Example Sentences
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Neurons form tightly organized, overlapping horizontal stripes based on the receptor they carry.
From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 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
That’s because if high-income shoppers scale back their spending, then the other horizontal lines of the “E” — the lower and middle classes — may not have enough spending power to keep the economy afloat.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
As land values surged and horizontal growth became constrained, elevators and downtowns together climbed vertically from the steel-frame towers of the late 19th century to the glass supertalls that shape today’s skylines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
A vertical line went under the horizontal line on the right side of the board.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Vocabulary lists containing horizontal
Expressions and Equations
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Geometry - Introductory
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The Number System
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