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This process, called horizontal gene transfer, allows bacteria to quickly share useful traits, including genes that help them survive antibiotic treatments.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
The rubber met the road at the Line, the horizontal mirrored skyscraper city the prince conjured for Neom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 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
There was a horizontal stripe down the shirt, she said.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
They scampered up another aisle, turned right, and saw Haley, her hand jammed through a horizontal slot near the top of the basement wall.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
Vocabulary lists containing horizontal
Expressions and Equations
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Geometry - Introductory
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The Number System
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