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vertical

[vur-ti-kuhl] / ˈvɜr tɪ kəl /


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Just like the tourists perched above, visitors in the boats below try to get the ultimate snap: the vertical landscape looming over the Yangtze River in shades of electric blue, magenta and red.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Anthropic’s initial foray into the sector came last summer, with the launch of a dedicated vertical offering called Claude for Financial Services.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Eugene Levert, chain-smoking next to a stack of books while wearing a vertical blue-striped button-down and khaki slacks, looked the scholarly mirror of Doug Lamplugh, in a horizontal blue-striped polo and khaki shorts.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

Even within vertical software, which refers to companies focused on a specific sector or market, Veeva stands out because it’s “embedded in high-stakes workflows in regulated markets,” Materne added.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

The process of vertical movement known as isostasy, was a foundation of geological beliefs for generations, though no one had any good theories as to how or why it happened.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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