vertical
adjective
being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
verticals
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pluralof vertical.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“Five- to seven-day shipping might have been acceptable five years ago. That is not the case today,” said Fuad Hannon, DoorDash’s vice president of new verticals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The deal includes New York Magazine’s popular verticals like The Cut, Vulture and Intelligencer, as well as Vox’s most successful podcasts like “Today, Explained” and “Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
In addition to concern around a downside revision risk to earnings growth, Hims is grappling with “significant competition in its core verticals where growth has slowed dramatically over the past few years,” the analyst noted.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
The company’s investments this year will focus on creating an integrated global technology platform, building new products and verticals, and expanding the geographic footprint, according to the analysts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
I may read it as a series of horizontals, or of verticals, or of diagonals, according as I attend to it.
From The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life by Carleton Eldredge Noyes
