as in standing
rising straight up
a vertical cliff face
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Recent Examples of vertical
After an earnings beat and a blistering 32% pop on July 30, the stock drifted lower for a month — a normal profit-taking after a vertical move.
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Nishant Pant, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Vertical Integration As Precedent Retailers have long relied on vertical integration as a means to blunt cost volatility and insulate themselves from external shocks.
—Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The base iPhone 17 could retain the vertical bump from the iPhone 16, but the Air, Pro, and Pro Max variants could get horizontal end-to-end bumps.
—PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Members of the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee found that there were possible issues near the pool deck in the hours, days and weeks leading up to the June 2021 collapse, including a leak from the ceiling, a gate door being stuck and a vertical shift involving a gate.
—Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
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Nishant Pant, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Vertical Integration As Precedent Retailers have long relied on vertical integration as a means to blunt cost volatility and insulate themselves from external shocks.
—Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The base iPhone 17 could retain the vertical bump from the iPhone 16, but the Air, Pro, and Pro Max variants could get horizontal end-to-end bumps.
—PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Members of the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee found that there were possible issues near the pool deck in the hours, days and weeks leading up to the June 2021 collapse, including a leak from the ceiling, a gate door being stuck and a vertical shift involving a gate.
—Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertical
Adjective
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Joseph substituted Toklomati before stoppage time, and the crowd gave him a standing ovation.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Sep. 2025
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California environmental officials released guidance for soil testing in late August, but aren’t working on protocols for smoke pollution in standing homes.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The narrow, strong currents flow quickly and perpendicular to the coastline.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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With such aircraft, at slow speeds, the wing sticks out normally (perpendicular) to enable it to take off, land, and fly as normal.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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On the fateful day that inbound Soviet bombers filled the skies above America with godless communism, the horizontal Bomarc missiles would literally become erect, and fire vertically.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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The name of Fort Benning, for example, was suggested by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, an organization that sought to rewrite history textbooks and erect monuments that honored the Confederacy and downplayed slavery's centrality to the Civil War.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
Adjective
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The water-resistant outer material guards your essentials against splashes, while elastic straps and multiple pockets help keep your bottles upright.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Sep. 2025
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Great upright bass player, played with Pentangle, the only upright bass player to play with the Who, just an amazing guy.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Vertical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertical. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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