vertical
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The car crashed into a fence, then smashed into the house’s front porch and came to rest in a vertical position on the steps, according to authorities and video from the scene.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
In a slide titled “WHY WE WIN,” SpaceX boasts of its “incredibly difficult to replicate” business models and “extreme vertical integration.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
“Anytime you see parabolic moves or linear vertical moves, that’s telling you that it’s less about a sober assessment of a company’s prospects on a straight valuation basis than it is about people chasing momentum.”
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
It's the familiar format you'll recognise from many social media platforms: full-screen, vertical and easy to scroll through.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
He stopped the car, and I could see that the edge of the road bordered a vertical slope that crumbled into vacancy, a fall of perhaps two thousand feet.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Vocabulary lists containing vertical
Expressions and Equations
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Geometry - Introductory
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The Number System
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