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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Share of college students who receive Pell Grants, by race and ethnicity
The horizontal bar chart shows the percentages of students of who receive Pell Grants by race and ethnicity.
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Annie Nova,jessica Dickler, CNBC, 8 June 2025
For each term served by a president, two horizontal bars are shown: one blue bar representing total pardons issued in a term and one green bar representing pardons granted in the first year of that term.
—Josh Feldman, NBC news, 1 June 2025
In the men’s team final, three gymnasts from each squad performed in six events — floor, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar.
—Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 29 July 2024
Undergraduate majors with the highest unemployment rates in the U.S.
The horizontal bar chart shows the undergraduate majors with the highest unemployment rates in the U.S., along with the median early-career salary for each, as of 2023.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 16 May 2025
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Annie Nova,jessica Dickler, CNBC, 8 June 2025
For each term served by a president, two horizontal bars are shown: one blue bar representing total pardons issued in a term and one green bar representing pardons granted in the first year of that term.
—Josh Feldman, NBC news, 1 June 2025
In the men’s team final, three gymnasts from each squad performed in six events — floor, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar.
—Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 29 July 2024
Undergraduate majors with the highest unemployment rates in the U.S.
The horizontal bar chart shows the undergraduate majors with the highest unemployment rates in the U.S., along with the median early-career salary for each, as of 2023.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 16 May 2025
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“Horizontal bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horizontal%20bar. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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