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
Discovered in the 1940s by American and Soviet scientists, the channel is a natural phenomenon where a horizontal layer of ocean water greatly amplifies sound underwater.
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A.k. Whitney, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Endless Rose Striped Knit Mini Dress Go for a fashionable, preppy look in this sweater dress with wide horizontal stripes and gold button details at the hips.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Years later, South Africa’s Jonty Rhodes and Paul Collingwood of England were equally committed to the craft and showed a glimpse of where fielding was headed; the heights, horizontal or otherwise, that could be reached.
—James Wallace, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
The wheels allow both vertical and horizontal takeoff and landing, while the foldable wings make the aircraft as compact as a large SUV for storage in the garage.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025
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A.k. Whitney, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Endless Rose Striped Knit Mini Dress Go for a fashionable, preppy look in this sweater dress with wide horizontal stripes and gold button details at the hips.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Years later, South Africa’s Jonty Rhodes and Paul Collingwood of England were equally committed to the craft and showed a glimpse of where fielding was headed; the heights, horizontal or otherwise, that could be reached.
—James Wallace, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
The wheels allow both vertical and horizontal takeoff and landing, while the foldable wings make the aircraft as compact as a large SUV for storage in the garage.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horizontal
flat
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But on just the third play of the fourth quarter, veteran tight end Zach Ertz turned a short pass in the flat into a 20-yard TD.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The earliest cars had a 1,131 cc flat-four engine that made 25 hp, barely sufficient to let the 1,700-pound pipsqueak keep up in the right lane of the Autobahn.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Horizontal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizontal. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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