level off

verb

leveled off or levelled off; leveling off or levelling off; levels off

intransitive verb

: to approach or reach a steady rate, volume, or amount : stabilize
expect prices to level off

Examples of level off in a Sentence

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Job cuts picked up in February, but Roger Lee, the website's creator, expects rates to level off as the year progresses. Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025 The median homeowner’s net worth is $400,000 But lately, rent growth across the country has begun to level off. Samantha Delouya, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025 In a report estimating likely U.S. generation capacity expansion through 2050, EIR shows natural gas generation undergoing rapid growth between 2025 through 2035 and then leveling off and remaining relatively static through 2050. David Blackmon, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025 Although the country's population as a whole has leveled off, greater Tokyo's population increased by 4 million people over the last 30 years. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for level off 

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of level off was in 1917

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“Level off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/level%20off. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.

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