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Thill: One beneficiary in software is going to be vertical applications.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The rear wall needs to be vertical rising up from the floor, but then at a certain height, it needs to start to gently slope toward the front of the fireplace.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2023

Two photons can be entangled so that each is in an uncertain both-ways state, but their polarizations are correlated so that if one is horizontal the other must be vertical and vice versa.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 20, 2022

It can be vertical or horizontal and is meant to be a hub for your family life.

From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2021

When the conveyor is at work the buckets will always be in an upright position, whether the motion be vertical or horizontal.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various