How to Use level off in a Sentence
level off
verb-
While the number of shooting incidents leveled off around May, the number of shooting victims continued to rise and then level off around June.
— Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 9 Aug. 2024 -
And in the last decade, the gains in both appear to have leveled off.
— Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016 -
The storm should slow down by mid-week and level off in power.
— Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2021 -
But will this be the year that Tesla’s growth levels off?
— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 June 2023 -
Since then, the pace of layoffs has leveled off some, but the numbers are still high.
— IEEE Spectrum, 19 June 2023 -
Winter has set in, so the fighting in Ukraine has leveled off a bit.
— Lolita C. Baldor, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2023 -
Grocery prices have leveled off in the past three months and were unchanged from May to June.
— Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 13 July 2023 -
The best way to prevent brown patch is to cut back on watering in the fall and level off any low spots now.
— Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 11 June 2020 -
Temps should level off Sunday in the lower 90s as a weak cold front moves through North Texas.
— Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2022 -
After the deal was announced, the stock shot up 31% but those gains quickly leveled off.
— Krystal Hur, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024 -
Numbers were leveling off at around 9 a.m. ET., per the site.
— Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024 -
But Gilliland wonders whether the rural land rush might level off.
— Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2022 -
In the meantime, prices for both new and used vehicles have begun to fall or level off.
— Tom Krisher, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2022 -
Now divide the mixture between the two prepared tins, level off and bake on the centre shelf of the oven for about 30 minutes.
— Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2021 -
Over the past year, prices have risen considerably, though that rate of growth has begun to level off.
— cleveland, 12 Dec. 2021 -
Even as inflation rates level off, prices of food and drink basics have stayed high.
— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024 -
But that strength in leisure spending began to level off toward the end of August, the latest Beige Book shows.
— Bryan Mena, CNN, 7 Sep. 2023 -
Even as inflation begins to level off, the cost of eggs is soaring.
— Austin Fuller, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2023 -
The benefits level off after about two hours, and decline around five hours of free time per day.
— Time, 9 Jan. 2023 -
By next year, if prices level off, more voters might give Biden credit for the recovery.
— Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2023 -
Low temperatures tonight will level off in the mid to upper 60s.
— Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022 -
But as Jiménez’s pace gradually leveled off, Stricker kept his foot on the gas.
— Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2023 -
But well-being and happiness started to level off at around two hours and then to decline around five hours.
— Linda Carroll, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2021 -
That was a few months ago, but in the new year business has settled a little bit—I’ll have to reduce staff a little bit since the numbers have leveled off.
— Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 19 Jan. 2024 -
If immigration were held to the level of the Trump years, the U.S. population would level off in about 15 years and go down after that.
— David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024 -
The interior and exterior of the home was streaked with mud that leveled off in an almost straight line.
— Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023 -
But with this rate hike possibly being the last for a while, CD rates are expected to level off and may even fall later this year.
— Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 12 June 2023 -
Demand for electric vehicles in the U.S. has started to level off after a couple of years of huge growth.
— Tom Krisher, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023 -
The local tax impact would level off in future years as state funding rises.
— Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024 -
Many big grocery chains that have seen production costs level off have nevertheless kept prices high and have seen their highest profits in two decades.
— Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2024
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