horizontal bar
noun
1
: a steel bar supported in a horizontal position approximately eight feet above the floor and used for swinging feats in gymnastics
2
: an event in gymnastics competition in which the horizontal bar is used
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The iPhone 17 looks like a modern iPhone with two rear cameras, while the Air features a Google Pixel-like horizontal bar with just one camera.
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PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
The horizontal bars show notable year-over-year percent changes in prices for various consumer categories from the consumer price index for August 2025.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
He will be joined by fellow Olympian Brody Malone, who won gold on parallel bars, silver on rings and bronze on pommel horse, along with horizontal bar winner Taylor Burkhart and pommel horse winner Patrick Hoopes.
—Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
Authorities said the girl survived by holding onto a horizontal bar in the sewage pipe and was trapped for more than seven hours, NBC News reports.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 28 June 2025
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PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
The horizontal bars show notable year-over-year percent changes in prices for various consumer categories from the consumer price index for August 2025.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
He will be joined by fellow Olympian Brody Malone, who won gold on parallel bars, silver on rings and bronze on pommel horse, along with horizontal bar winner Taylor Burkhart and pommel horse winner Patrick Hoopes.
—Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
Authorities said the girl survived by holding onto a horizontal bar in the sewage pipe and was trapped for more than seven hours, NBC News reports.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 28 June 2025
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“Horizontal bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horizontal%20bar. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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