peaks and valleys
plural noun
: high and low periods
There are peaks and valleys in electricity usage throughout the year.
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What are the peaks and valleys of their individual power, of their relationship?
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
All relationships go through all kinds of peaks and valleys.
—Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 23 July 2025
While its competitors like Capcom’s Street Fighter have seen peaks and valleys in their cultural cache, Warner Bros. Games have churned out Mortal Kombat games regularly since the original game’s arcade release in 1992.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2025
There’s no mistaking the Bunion at mile four: Grab a perch on the rocky knob and revel in the panorama of peaks and valleys radiating beneath your boots.
—Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, Outside Online, 6 June 2025
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
All relationships go through all kinds of peaks and valleys.
—Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 23 July 2025
While its competitors like Capcom’s Street Fighter have seen peaks and valleys in their cultural cache, Warner Bros. Games have churned out Mortal Kombat games regularly since the original game’s arcade release in 1992.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2025
There’s no mistaking the Bunion at mile four: Grab a perch on the rocky knob and revel in the panorama of peaks and valleys radiating beneath your boots.
—Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, Outside Online, 6 June 2025
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“Peaks and valleys.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peaks%20and%20valleys. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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