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vertiginous

[ver-tij-uh-nuhs] / vərˈtɪdʒ ə nəs /


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McCulloch, who opened Alma last year, said that many club owners in the U.S. are betting on padel mirroring pickleball’s vertiginous ascent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

By the time hostilities commenced in the Middle East it had halved, and Michael Saylor’s bitcoin vehicle suffered an even more vertiginous drop, from north of $450 last summer to a February trough of $106.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026

Arguably the most significant development in efforts to curb climate change -- the vertiginous cost reductions of solar and wind power, batteries and electric vehicles -- was seeded long before Paris.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025

The individual tiles and reinforcement bars create a striking impression of an enthralling and vertiginous centrifugal motion.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2025

He’d begun to bridge the vertiginous gap between what he told the world and the truth he knew deep inside.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel


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