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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Children leave home, careers may level off or change direction, and the constant buzz of daily obligations can suddenly quiet.
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Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 13 Aug. 2025
As oil demand for power and transportation level off, the plastics and petrochemicals industries are becoming a more important market.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
Alertness-boosting cortisol also notches upward in the morning, and then levels off and dips as daylight fades, coinciding with your level of mental awareness.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 30 July 2025
At least some of this increase is a post-pandemic bounce, but the share of all prime-age adults who are married has also leveled off in the past few years, which suggests that the decades-long decline in the proportion of Americans who are married may have reached its low point.
—Brad Wilcox, The Atlantic, 29 July 2025
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Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 13 Aug. 2025
As oil demand for power and transportation level off, the plastics and petrochemicals industries are becoming a more important market.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
Alertness-boosting cortisol also notches upward in the morning, and then levels off and dips as daylight fades, coinciding with your level of mental awareness.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 30 July 2025
At least some of this increase is a post-pandemic bounce, but the share of all prime-age adults who are married has also leveled off in the past few years, which suggests that the decades-long decline in the proportion of Americans who are married may have reached its low point.
—Brad Wilcox, The Atlantic, 29 July 2025
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“Level off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/level%20off. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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