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horizontal

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


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Horizontal software companies don’t serve a particular industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Horizontal gene transfer occurs when a gene moves from one species to another.

From Science Daily • Oct. 28, 2025

But the effect happens in the opposite direction: Horizontal stripes make people look narrower.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2025

Fittingly, in the third episode, “Vertical Drop, Horizontal Tug,” which aired Feb. 18, they argued over David’s objection to Lewis making him the benefactor in his will.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2024

Horizontal, soundless except for a peculiar boom, tangible, infinite, the astounding dimensional weight of it streamed across the mud.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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