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Recent Examples of plateau
Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2025
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
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 9 July 2025
Many people hit a plateau after months of steady progress.
—Fred Sassani, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Noun
At this point of the season, Week 7, there were about 500 deaths last season, and 600 the year before, but in both of those seasons the deaths had already started to plateau by mid-February.
—Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2025
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
Verb
Lake Titicaca lies between ranges of the Andes Mountains in a basin that's part of the Altiplano (high plateau) of the northern Andes in Peru.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 9 July 2025
Many people hit a plateau after months of steady progress.
—Fred Sassani, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plateau
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As well as a nitrogen-rich atmosphere, rain, lakes and oceans of liquid methane, shorelines, valleys, mountain ridges, icy boulders, mesas and dunes, Titan also hosts weird prebiotic chemistry that could be the building blocks of life itself.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Less than an hour later, Adams and Bailey were leading us all across a mesa top to witness the moment that sunlight hit Fajada Butte.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
14 July 2025
Verb
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When Consortium bought the company, its plan was to stabilize the business and eventually add categories, open stores and explore international distribution.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
28 July 2025
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The broader issue for tax and trade specialists is whether any agreement negotiated by the administration will prove to be a durable and stabilizing force for cross-border trade.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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The new locale is all about communing with nature, offering up plenty of spaces for guests to immerse themselves even further in the volcanic highlands.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
22 July 2025
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Popular expat retirement venues include Boquete, a town in the highlands with a somewhat cooler climate; the capital of Panama City; Coronado on the Pacific Coast; and the inland city of David.—
William P. Barrett,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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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
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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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World Atlas recommends touring the bronze bell foundry, solar towers and concrete domes.—
Shelby Slade,
AZCentral.com,
21 July 2025
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The United States has entered the peak of summer and a new heat dome — sealing in all that hot, humid air — is about to make millions of people feel every bit of it.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
21 July 2025
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“Plateau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plateau. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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