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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Journal positive phrases Once the plane levels off and is cruising through the air, Stout starts journaling positive phrases.
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Angela Haupt, TIME, 10 May 2024
As deadly overdoses stopped surging and COVID-19 deaths plunged, the overall mortality rate among unhoused people in L.A. County began to level off, the report found.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
In its most recent quarterly earnings report, UPS reported that the decline in customer demand had nearly leveled off.
—Alex Zank, Fortune, 7 May 2024
The report said that after lunch, the two were flying back to the Farmers Pride Airport when the plane leveled off several minutes after departure, according to flight track information.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
And while overall drug deaths leveled off, the statistics still show a troubling trend concerning stimulants: Fatal overdoses involving cocaine and methamphetamine increased by 12.3% and 4%, respectively, from 2021 to 2022.
—Lev Facher Reprints, STAT, 21 Mar. 2024
Even as inflation rates level off, prices of food and drink basics have stayed high.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
However, there’s good news: Those increases have started to level off.
—Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
Rumors of fighting opportunities in Ukraine began spreading on the chat groups of Colombia’s veterans last year as the initial rush of idealistic Western volunteers to the country started to level off.
—Isayen Herrera, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
Angela Haupt, TIME, 10 May 2024
As deadly overdoses stopped surging and COVID-19 deaths plunged, the overall mortality rate among unhoused people in L.A. County began to level off, the report found.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
In its most recent quarterly earnings report, UPS reported that the decline in customer demand had nearly leveled off.
—Alex Zank, Fortune, 7 May 2024
The report said that after lunch, the two were flying back to the Farmers Pride Airport when the plane leveled off several minutes after departure, according to flight track information.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
And while overall drug deaths leveled off, the statistics still show a troubling trend concerning stimulants: Fatal overdoses involving cocaine and methamphetamine increased by 12.3% and 4%, respectively, from 2021 to 2022.
—Lev Facher Reprints, STAT, 21 Mar. 2024
Even as inflation rates level off, prices of food and drink basics have stayed high.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
However, there’s good news: Those increases have started to level off.
—Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
Rumors of fighting opportunities in Ukraine began spreading on the chat groups of Colombia’s veterans last year as the initial rush of idealistic Western volunteers to the country started to level off.
—Isayen Herrera, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
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“Level off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/level%20off. Accessed 15 May. 2024.
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