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
Some machines have a vertical pan instead of a horizontal pan, but all this does is create a longer and wider loaf of bread.
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Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Feb. 2025
His office was filled with foot-high stacks of paper on his desk and every other horizontal surface, even the window ledges.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
All horizontal cards are very tough to find with perfect center cuts — that’s all of 1955 Bowman baseball, the 1955 Topps baseball, 1956 Topps baseball, 1960 Topps baseball, 1962 Topps football, 1966 Topps football, 1966 Topps hockey.
—Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
With the first option, businesses can use an agentic framework platform to handle some of their more horizontal tasks.
—Rodrigo Madanes, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Feb. 2025
His office was filled with foot-high stacks of paper on his desk and every other horizontal surface, even the window ledges.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
All horizontal cards are very tough to find with perfect center cuts — that’s all of 1955 Bowman baseball, the 1955 Topps baseball, 1956 Topps baseball, 1960 Topps baseball, 1962 Topps football, 1966 Topps football, 1966 Topps hockey.
—Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
With the first option, businesses can use an agentic framework platform to handle some of their more horizontal tasks.
—Rodrigo Madanes, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for horizontal
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“Horizontal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizontal. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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