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vertical

[vur-ti-kuhl] / ˈvɜr tɪ kəl /


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"We're saying there's a functional equivalence here. So you can't rule out vertical climbing just because something doesn't have a chimpanzee-like foot."

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

“No problem,” he said, as we raised the bike back to vertical.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

This is kind of a cutesy formulation, but I wonder if it’s pushing back on the dominance of vertical video.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Out of curiosity, I scrolled through a few vertical videos on HBO Max to see what might pop up.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

The fish had bold vertical stripes all along its sides.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

With the addition of new manufacturing facilities in Silicon Valley, the company is well-positioned to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence and enterprise verticals, said Chief Executive Charles Liang.

From The Wall Street Journal May 5, 2026

For the time being, growth in certain business verticals is helping SLB offset weakness in its more pressured segments.

From Barron's Apr. 24, 2026

“The group is closely monitoring the situation and will leverage its diverse network and cargo verticals as market conditions evolve,” it said.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

“IP is at the center” — that’s short for intellectual property — “and then they can go execute across all the verticals, whether it’s experiential, merchandise, licensing, films, music, all of it.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2026

Even with these verticals cutting the picture into sections, had horizontals been introduced between them and in front, or even behind, some of the necessary unity of pictorial structure could have been secured.

From Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures by Henry Rankin Poore




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