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Recent Examples of plateau
Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
Pyron says that the Tibetan hot-spring snakes have probably inhabited their area for millions of years, since before the plateau was uplifted by geological change.
—Ryley Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 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
The Perch, an entirely off-grid house on a limestone plateau.
—Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
Pyron says that the Tibetan hot-spring snakes have probably inhabited their area for millions of years, since before the plateau was uplifted by geological change.
—Ryley Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 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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Down below the high mesa, a freight train blew its horn.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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The towering features are similar to the buttes and mesas of Monument Valley along the Arizona-Utah border.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
Verb
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His name was not immediately released The woman and boy were initially in critical condition but had stabilized by Sunday morning, according to Councilman Justin Brannan.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
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The three staunch supporters of Kyiv stopped purchases of power from Russia following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but have relied on the Russian grid to control frequencies and stabilize networks to avoid outages.—
Reuters,
CNN,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The images revealed that Mars' southern highlands rise almost four miles higher than the smooth and flat northern lowlands.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Additionally, alpacas are native to the highlands of South America, where temperatures fluctuate rapidly within the day.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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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
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Schuerman Mountain rises in west Sedona, a high tableland that offers commanding views of gaudier formations.—
Roger Naylor,
The Arizona Republic,
5 Mar. 2021
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
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The Summit is the only cave hotel in Texas, and there are stargazing domes and two casitas on site, too.—
Amanda Ogle,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2025
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Pointing at the dome, the group noted the word noor, or light, written in Arabic.—
Ahmed Ali Akbar,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Plateau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plateau. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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