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
The horizontal SaaS companies most at risk are the ones whose customers sit inside the diversified PE portfolios that now have a vehicle, like a potential JV with Anthropic, and the incentive to replace them.
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Deirdre Bosa,jasmine Wu, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
Now that Patterson has his way, the lines intersect with the horizontal last name that’s pasted on the front of the helmet and are one example of a practical change Patterson has made to improve fundamental technique and communication on the defense.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
To Ikegami, who presented his findings at a recent conference, this suggests that the music instructs us on how to move—and that runners and Parkinson’s patients, for example, might get better results with vertical music, whereas horizontal music lends itself to stretching and yoga.
—Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
Further, vertical space is often viewed as an antithesis to Frank Lloyd Wright’s prairie style, as well as similar movements that predated Art Deco and embraced horizontal space.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2026
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Deirdre Bosa,jasmine Wu, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
Now that Patterson has his way, the lines intersect with the horizontal last name that’s pasted on the front of the helmet and are one example of a practical change Patterson has made to improve fundamental technique and communication on the defense.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
To Ikegami, who presented his findings at a recent conference, this suggests that the music instructs us on how to move—and that runners and Parkinson’s patients, for example, might get better results with vertical music, whereas horizontal music lends itself to stretching and yoga.
—Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
Further, vertical space is often viewed as an antithesis to Frank Lloyd Wright’s prairie style, as well as similar movements that predated Art Deco and embraced horizontal space.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horizontal
flat
Adjective
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Pitchers throw every day in season between competition days, bullpens, flat ground sessions and box drills off of an incline from 35 feet out.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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The 912 filled that gap below the new halo car starting in 1965, sticking the old 356’s flat-four motor into the new model’s body.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Horizontal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizontal. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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