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vertical

[vur-ti-kuhl] / ˈvɜr tɪ kəl /


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Anthropic’s initial foray into the sector came last summer, with the launch of a dedicated vertical offering called Claude for Financial Services.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

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

Next up, analysts led by Saket Kalia look at security, design and vertical software-as-a-service, or SaaS, stocks.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

The current food is always arranged into a senseless, vertical tower.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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