vertical

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The Los-Gatos-based streamer has been investing in its games vertical since 2021, with mixed results.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

They eased mechanical strain, making it practical to run banks of elevators continuously, packing in larger workforces and turning vertical circulation into a scalable system rather than a bottleneck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

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

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

And then it took just five minutes to turn it vertical.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman