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vertical

[vur-ti-kuhl] / ˈvɜr tɪ kəl /


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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

If you go somewhere like Tokyo, you instantly see that this is what a vertical city is, but I wanted to bring a little bit of that to L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 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 mountain bongo is a large, chestnut-red antelope with narrow white vertical stripes and long spiral horns.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

“Then our hall will be full of these thick, vertical roots?” asked Hazel.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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