as in flat
parallel to the ground
She reclined the chair to a horizontal position. The line on the graph was nearly horizontal, indicating little growth over the fiscal year.
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Recent Examples of horizontal
Baristas will be more vigilant about topping macchiatos with a caramel crosshatch pattern made up exactly of seven vertical lines and seven horizontal lines, finished with a spiral.
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Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Another display Lynn created was carving out a bookcase in a couple of walls with kid-friendly map wallpaper in the back, and adding horizontal rods at the front of each shelf so the books could be displayed forward facing without falling to the floor.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
The zones colored in darker red indicate a faster downslope movement; the arrows represent the direction of horizontal motion; the white lines show the boundaries of the active landslide area as defined by the California Geological Survey in 2007.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Firefighter Jason Shoemaker of FDNY Rescue 4 used a bandsaw to cut through three vertical bars and the horizontal top piece of the fence — preventing further injury by carefully keeping the sections intact to transport the boy and fence together to the hospital.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
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Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Another display Lynn created was carving out a bookcase in a couple of walls with kid-friendly map wallpaper in the back, and adding horizontal rods at the front of each shelf so the books could be displayed forward facing without falling to the floor.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
The zones colored in darker red indicate a faster downslope movement; the arrows represent the direction of horizontal motion; the white lines show the boundaries of the active landslide area as defined by the California Geological Survey in 2007.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Firefighter Jason Shoemaker of FDNY Rescue 4 used a bandsaw to cut through three vertical bars and the horizontal top piece of the fence — preventing further injury by carefully keeping the sections intact to transport the boy and fence together to the hospital.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Horizontal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizontal. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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