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Recent Examples of plateau
Kermit Pattison, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
Staying Motivated During Setbacks Even the most talented swimmers face periods of plateau or disappointment.
—Casey Murphy, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Consensus, including among Chinese commentators, is that China's crude oil demand may plateau before the end of the decade.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Noun
By that point our physical appearance seems to have settled into an evolutionary plateau, with only minor differences among human populations around the globe.
—Kermit Pattison, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
Staying Motivated During Setbacks Even the most talented swimmers face periods of plateau or disappointment.
—Casey Murphy, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Verb
As a result of the strong growth in low-carbon energy sources, the IEA said, global emissions of carbon dioxide from the electricity sector are expected to plateau in the coming three years.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Consensus, including among Chinese commentators, is that China's crude oil demand may plateau before the end of the decade.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plateau
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The first will remain in effect for the northern, southern and east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the Johnson and Bartlett mesas, including Raton Pass, through Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. local time.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2024
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That initial drive was merely the opening act for the hike-able mesas, canyons, and sky-high sandstone beyond the visitor center gates.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2025
Verb
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The Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank largely funded by unions, says the impact would be less than 1% of unemployment compensation expenditures, and offering jobless benefits would stabilize a local economy hit by a strike.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
29 May 2025
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Goldschmidt, 37 and coming off the worst year of his career, has been a bargain for the Yankees, hitting .347 with five home runs and 27 RBI while stabilizing first base.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
29 May 2025
Noun
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That’s not the case here, the world’s largest inland delta; in fact, the water level here is at its highest now during the supposedly dry season, mostly because the rainfall that deluges Angola’s highlands in summer takes so long to meander down to pool on the plains.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
8 May 2025
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In this hypnotic odyssey, the ancient monasteries of Armenia’s highlands bear traces of epochs past.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
7 May 2025
Noun
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The tableland was formed by volcanic eruptions about 700,000 years ago, according to the Bishop Chamber of Commerce and Information Center.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacramento Bee,
11 Mar. 2025
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It's located on the Cumberland Plateau — a 450-mile tableland that covers much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, with soaring sandstone walls, large boulders, and dramatic overhangs.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
22 July 2023
Noun
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In the Chilean altiplano above 12,000 feet, Meiburg spends one of the coldest nights of his life in a sleeping bag on the edge of a salt lagoon, staking out mountain caracaras known for working in groups to flip over heavy flat stones in search of edible creatures.—
Paul Kvinta,
Outside Online,
2 Apr. 2021
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The landscape changed around me; condensing from plains, desert, and mountains into the jungles of Central America, then unfolding in reverse, into the expanse of the altiplano.—
J.R. Patterson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Feb. 2022
Noun
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For example, Palladio’s Church of the Redentore, built in Venice in 1577, features minaret-like towers flanking a large dome.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
24 May 2025
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He couch surfed for a while, briefly joined a cult on a ranch, then moved in with a group that lived in a geodesic dome in the mountains.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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“Plateau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plateau. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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