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[vur-ti-kuhl] / ˈvɜr tɪ kəl /


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“Every time someone joins from their phone, they are in that vertical format, and you can absolutely tell,” she said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

The aircraft uses vertical takeoff and landing, a technology essential to Archer’s air taxis, along with rotors and wings.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

The horizontal layering allows some seismic waves to travel long distances, while the vertical intrusions appear to disrupt and weaken others.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

Poswolsky concludes that he's glad he's found flexibility and happiness through this career evolution rather than via a vertical corporate structure.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Emily Sue lived in a house built on the side of a nearly vertical mountain across the creek and not more than a hundred yards from Big Creek High School.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

The deal includes New York Magazine’s popular verticals like The Cut, Vulture and Intelligencer, as well as Vox’s most successful podcasts like “Today, Explained” and “Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway.”

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

While other companies have called out pressures on discretionary spending, food and beverage was one of Block’s strongest verticals in the first quarter, Ahuja said.

From MarketWatch May 7, 2026

While removal of the legal overhang allows management to concentrate on new business verticals as well as international expansion, Grosslight is opting to remain Neutral-rating until he sees renewed growth from those verticals and markets.

From Barron's Mar. 10, 2026

The company’s investments this year will focus on creating an integrated global technology platform, building new products and verticals, and expanding the geographic footprint, according to the analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

The question then becomes identical with that of inclined versus verticals, as stated in Case III, with the offsetting disadvantage of the bend in the combined shaft.

From Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration by Hoover, Herbert




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