as in vertical
rising straight up
river rafters staring awestruck at the canyon's nearly perpendicular cliffs
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Recent Examples of perpendicular
Slide the cutting edge of your scissors perpendicular across the raw edge.
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Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
Arriving troopers found an Acura TL on the on-ramp that was stopped perpendicular to the guardrail with both the front and rear passenger doors open.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 Feb. 2025
Most parades in Uptown stroll down St. Charles Avenue, so try to find a spot in the vicinity of Napoleon Avenue and Louisiana Avenue, which run perpendicular to St. Charles.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2025
The spiral runs perpendicular, or at an angle of 90 degrees, to the plane of the Milky Way.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
Arriving troopers found an Acura TL on the on-ramp that was stopped perpendicular to the guardrail with both the front and rear passenger doors open.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 Feb. 2025
Most parades in Uptown stroll down St. Charles Avenue, so try to find a spot in the vicinity of Napoleon Avenue and Louisiana Avenue, which run perpendicular to St. Charles.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2025
The spiral runs perpendicular, or at an angle of 90 degrees, to the plane of the Milky Way.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpendicular
Adjective
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Crews have already been preparing the site to now go vertical.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2025
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What were once promising vertical applications are now being challenged by major players such as Microsoft, Google and Epic, who embed such agents into their products.—
Mark Francis,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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From second-time Oscar winners to Hollywood heartthrobs, here are the five outfits that deserve a standing ovation of their own.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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With Mike Witcher on dobro and Ethan Ballinger on mandolin, guitar, and harmony vocals, the Luke Bulla Trio gave a commanding performance that well-deserved its standing ovations, the news release stated.—
Del Mar Foundation,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Tilted up, the erect collars gave the models the image of Bela Lugosi attending a Kiss concert.—
Jacob Gallagher,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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This action will allow the Department of Defense to deploy active-duty and National Guard military to the southern border, erect barriers, and work on ways to take down enemy drones.—
Joseph Lawler,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Perpendicular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perpendicular. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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