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Recent Examples of plateau
Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 31 July 2025
Stripe didn't plateau or miss its window.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
Ken Polk, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The pair used glass, stainless steel, and reinforced concrete to construct a circular house that traces the natural edges of a plateau, enclosing a Mediterranean garden designed by Smets.
—Siobhan Reid, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2025
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Noun
That means global power-sector emissions are expected to plateau this year and begin to gradually fall next year.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 31 July 2025
Stripe didn't plateau or miss its window.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
Research on corporate lifecycles shows that organizations clinging to founder-centric decision-making often plateau or decline after year 15, regardless of industry.
—Ken Polk, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The pair used glass, stainless steel, and reinforced concrete to construct a circular house that traces the natural edges of a plateau, enclosing a Mediterranean garden designed by Smets.
—Siobhan Reid, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plateau
Noun
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Meanwhile, the outdoor plaza, itself — elevated from the street some 30 feet at its south end, like a concrete mesa or pillbox — had essentially become a city block of dead space, each year hosting one giant event, the KC Fiesta Hispana, but little else.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
21 Aug. 2025
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Scenic drive through Monument Valley Located in northern Arizona, Monument Valley is a collection of crimson and orange mesas and sandstone buttes maintained by Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation.—
Olivia Rose,
AZCentral.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The lower figure would help stabilize debt from national borrowing at more manageable levels.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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The event, which began 450 feet above the roadway, was named Regent’s Slide, and is still being cleared by crews working for Caltrans, who have been driving steel rods into the side of the steep cliffs to better secure and stabilize the area.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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La Gritona has just one expression, perfected to an art form with agave aged 8-10 years in the highlands of Jalisco.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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See it The mummies were created by the Dani and Pumo people who live in the highlands of the Indonesia side of Papua, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
15 Sep. 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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Built in the late 19 th century to transport the altiplano’s abundant metals and minerals, the railway line once ran from Bolivia’s de facto capital La Paz to the Pacific port of Antofagasta in Chile.—
The Editors,
Outside,
31 Aug. 2025
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Tiwanaku communities first emerged in an altiplano, or high plain, of the Andes called the Titicaca Basin, named after Lake Titicaca.—
Gina Park,
CNN Money,
19 Aug. 2025
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Researchers have debated for decades how these dinosaurs used their signature dome.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2025
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That dome still rises above Skylight Inn today, and not much else has changed, either.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Plateau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plateau. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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