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Recent Examples of plateau
Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Photo : Cris Nolasco One of two tents on a high plateau above the house.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025
Andrew Joseph, STAT, 4 Sep. 2020
Unemployment claims filed with the Texas Workforce Commission have plateaued since peaking in April.
—Dallas News, 5 June 2020
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Noun
In 2019, the year before COVID-19, 15 hit that plateau.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Photo : Cris Nolasco One of two tents on a high plateau above the house.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025
Verb
But experts fear that without coordinated and sustained efforts, the country will plateau at this high level of cases.
—Andrew Joseph, STAT, 4 Sep. 2020
Unemployment claims filed with the Texas Workforce Commission have plateaued since peaking in April.
—Dallas News, 5 June 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plateau
Noun
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The unusual features resemble the famed buttes and mesas of Monument Valley along the Arizona-Utah border.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
25 Jan. 2025
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Backcountry My kid started his hiking career in this pack, which carried him from the mountains of Colorado to the hot barren mesas of Chaco Canyon.—
Scott Gilbertson,
WIRED,
29 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Private market giants have struggled to start the year amid market uncertainty, but now appear poised to stabilize after a significant downturn.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2025
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While the situation on the ground has stabilized, visitors have largely stayed away since.—
Chris Schalkx,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Researchers first discovered the frog in an expedition to the park in 2006 but identified it as another similar species found in the central highlands of Madagascar, herpetologist and evolutionary biologist Mark Scherz wrote in a Feb. 14 post on his website.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2025
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The refined tequila is crafted from single-source, 100% Blue Weber agave, harvested at peak maturity from the red volcanic highlands of Jalisco, Mexico.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
19 Feb. 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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Use the dome light and flashers to make your vehicle more noticeable.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
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Make your vehicle more visible by using the dome light and flashers.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
The Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Plateau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plateau. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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