as in standing
rising straight up
a vertical cliff face
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Recent Examples of vertical
These 100% cotton napkins have a bit of texture and detail added through vertical ribbon seams.
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Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
The bullish debit vertical spread successfully captured the upside to a new 52-week high as sentiment improved around Gilead’s strengthening HIV franchise and expanding oncology portfolio.
—Tony Zhang, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
Thus far, 10 have been inspected from a site at the north end of SONGS that holds the canisters in vertical cavities.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
The living and dining areas are open to one another, with support columns and vertical screening in between.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2025
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Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
The bullish debit vertical spread successfully captured the upside to a new 52-week high as sentiment improved around Gilead’s strengthening HIV franchise and expanding oncology portfolio.
—Tony Zhang, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
Thus far, 10 have been inspected from a site at the north end of SONGS that holds the canisters in vertical cavities.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
The living and dining areas are open to one another, with support columns and vertical screening in between.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertical
Adjective
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Abrego Garcia, currently in immigration custody, became a symbol of the administration’s hardline deportation policies after courts ruled his initial expulsion to El Salvador violated a standing order.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Keeping your core engaged and a soft bend in your standing knee, hinge forward from your hips while lifting your left leg straight behind you.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Slice against that, perpendicular to the lines, to shorten the muscle fibers.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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If the silica is perpendicular, photons arrive together.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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People erect and decorate ofrendas (offerings) with pictures and mementos of loved ones.—
Sarah Buder,
AFAR Media,
8 Oct. 2025
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Many use social media to call for an end to the violence, then erect memorials at the site of the shooting.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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An additional photo shows a low shelter, barely tall enough to sit upright, covered in foliage camouflaging the family’s location.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Plants bloom well in shady locations and fill the late-summer gap with narrow, upright panicles packed with white or pink blooms.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Vertical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertical. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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