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
Entrances and exits, and snow, and Progress, and the horizontal shape of what was coming.
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Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
An English teacher took me aside and drew a rectangle on a piece of paper, placed a shooting arrow on each corner of the rectangle, plus one halfway along the horizontal top line, and a final arrow, in the same position, down below.
—Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The streamlined exterior evokes that of an early 20th-century cruiser, with long, horizontal lines and sweeping curves.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2025
The galactic center will also increasingly appear at a vertical angle at the beginning of the night and decrease in the sky until reaching a horizontal position.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
An English teacher took me aside and drew a rectangle on a piece of paper, placed a shooting arrow on each corner of the rectangle, plus one halfway along the horizontal top line, and a final arrow, in the same position, down below.
—Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The streamlined exterior evokes that of an early 20th-century cruiser, with long, horizontal lines and sweeping curves.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2025
The galactic center will also increasingly appear at a vertical angle at the beginning of the night and decrease in the sky until reaching a horizontal position.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for horizontal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horizontal
flat
Adjective
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Horton threw off flat ground on Friday and Saturday before the playoffs started and had hoped to throw from the mound last Sunday.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
4 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, Lillard told me, the cost of labor and the price tag of many individual vaccines have continued to rise, while payments from insurance companies have remained relatively flat.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Horizontal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizontal. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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