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horizontal

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


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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

Neurons form tightly organized, overlapping horizontal stripes based on the receptor they carry.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

The company built and flew a prototype of one such drone, in which batteries power the vertical takeoff and the rotary engine takes over for long-range horizontal flight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Dad’s classroom has chalkboards with rows of five horizontal white lines painted across the black.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein




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