vertical

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“The best way to ensure a great environment in downtown L.A. is to create what we’re calling a vertical campus,” Gitlin said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Otis’s brake solved the central problem of vertical transportation: safety.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Kacher: Brent had a good theme in vertical software.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

This earthquake was triggered by a strike-slip fault, where two large sections of the Earth's crust move horizontally past each other along a vertical fracture.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

But his pupils were the vertical slit of a dragon’s.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack