level off
verb
leveled off or levelled off; leveling off or levelling off; levels off
: to approach or reach a steady rate, volume, or amount : stabilize
expect prices to level off
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Instead, average transaction prices have continued to rise modestly all year, and appear to be leveling off as inventory improves and incentives slowly return.
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Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
The ocean was colored in shades of blue, the variations indicating the way the depth leveled off near shore.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
Despite sanctions, Russia’s economy has grown, fueled mainly by military spending on the Ukraine war, but that appears to be leveling off.
—semafor.com, 27 Nov. 2025
In some rare cases, people’s weight loss on GLP-1 drugs doesn’t level off.
—Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2025
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Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
The ocean was colored in shades of blue, the variations indicating the way the depth leveled off near shore.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
Despite sanctions, Russia’s economy has grown, fueled mainly by military spending on the Ukraine war, but that appears to be leveling off.
—semafor.com, 27 Nov. 2025
In some rare cases, people’s weight loss on GLP-1 drugs doesn’t level off.
—Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2025
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“Level off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/level%20off. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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